British spies ‘threatened’ Jihadi John

A RECORDING believed to be of the extremist known as Jihadi John has emerged in which he talks of being threatened by British security services.

Mohammed Emwazi said spies told him they were “going to keep a close eye on you” and had already been monitoring him when he was questioned at SchipolAirport in Amsterdam.

Emwazi has been unmasked as Jihadi John, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist believed to be responsible for the beheading of hostages taken by the group.

In the recording of an interview with a case officer from advocacy group Cage, he said agents had tried to “put words in my mouth”, adding: “‘We are going to keep a close eye on you, Mohammed. We already have been and we are going to keep a close eye on you’ — threatening me”.

Asim Qureshi, who made the recording, last week described Emwazi as an”extremely kind” and “extremely gentle” man who had been radicalised as a result of harassment by security agencies.

The Cage research director said he believed the approach taken by the agents was “a factor in the reason why he felt like he didn’t belong in the UK any more”.

Mr Qureshi said people in countries which were being “colonially dominated” had a “right to resist”, but insisted Cage advised British Muslims the best course of action was trying to influence change “from over here by using the system”.

Boris Johnson said he had been “moved to anger” by suggestions Emwazi was radicalised as a result of the way he was treated by the security services.

During an exchange with Mr Qureshi during his Ask Boris phone-in on LBC, London’s mayor said: “I really, really think that the focus of your indignation and outrage should be on people who go out to join groups that throw gays off cliffs, that behead people who don’t subscribe to their version of Islam, that glorify in the execution of innocent journalists and aid workers.

“These should be the object of your wrath, not the security services who are trying to keep us safe.”

Mohammed Emwazi, otherwise known as Jihadi John.