“Jihadi John” reportedly flees Daesh

It is thought Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John, left the terror group several weeks ago and went on the run in Syria – reportedly trying to head to North Africa. The Express reported the loss of anonymity has terrified Emwazi.

BRUTAL killer Mohammed Emwazi is believed to have fled Islamic State – because he fears the jihadi regime no longer has use for him.

Kuwaiti-born Emwazi is wanted for the sickening killings of journalists and aid workers Stephen Sotloff, James Foley, David Haines, Alan Henning and Peter Kassig.

The Mirror suggested that after being publicly exposed, he may have joined a less well-known jihadist group in Syria to try to hide from the huge manhunt for him across the Middle East where British and US special forces are operating.

Emwazi, who gained notoriety beheading innocent Western victims in ISIS propaganda footage, is also believed to fear his unmasking has diminished his value as an ISIS killer.

Speaking to MailOnline, Mr Kaderbhai said it “does not make sense to think that they would ‘drop him like a stone” – it’s not like he’s a captured Westerner who has lost propaganda value.

However, Nick Kaderbhai, a research fellow at the worldwide Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence in London is questioning the reported departure, telling The Daily Mail that The Mirror’s report “isn’t the first of these stories to emerge; in the last few months he has said to have fled to Syria, Turkey and Libya.'”.

‘If anything, the less he is featured, the more impact he will have.’. “They tend to embrace their identity wholeheartedly and claim not to fear death”.

Emwazi’s absence from a string of execution videos since his last appearance at the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto in January has sent the rumour mill spinning.

In each beheading video, he is dressed entirely in black, a balaclava covering all but his eyes and the ridge of his nose.

With his distinct American-sounding accent, the executioner has been shown carrying out group executions of Egyptian, Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian hostages in Libya.