Jihadi John hated Britain and was 'always ready for war' as MI5 quiz school teachers

SECRET agents have reportedly quizzed former teachers of Jihadi John after two British medics revealed he told them he hated Britain and was "always ready for war".

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Mohammed Emwazi, pictured as a primary school pupil, was unmasked this week as Jihadi John

MI5 operatives have today stepped up their search for the wanted terrorist after it emerged that he was a disruptive pupil who had to have anger management sessions at school. 

Now two trainee doctors have revealed that Jihadi John, who was this week unmasked as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, always wore full battle gear and appeared to be carrying out "high level" work within Islamic State.  

One of the medics said: “When I mentioned the UK to him he had a scowl on his face.

“He had no intention of returning and never identified himself as British, he said Kuwaiti or Yemeni. His kunya (jihadi name) was Abu Muharib al Yemeni. He had no link to Britain unless you asked him are you British and he would say ‘kind of. I lived there for a long time’." 

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Emwazi, 26, reportedly told two British medics he hated the UK

The men, who say they met the 26-year-old whilst working at a hospital in Syria, revealed that the hated executioner even had access to western treats like Haribo. 

One said: "All of his kit was expensive. Even the guns he had were extremely expensive and rare to find in that part of the world.

“Even in summer, Syrian summer is very hot, he'd be in full combat gear with long sleeves. He was generally always ready for war.

The other told ITV News: "I remember he was quiet, not reserved quiet, he had a lot of friends and was social.

"In Syria he seemed to be a very busy man, he was always ready for war in safe areas.

"Most fighters are constantly armed but he always had full gear on as if he was going off to battle. This very instant. Which is quite rare in the safer areas in Syria.

“He was unmarried – didn't have anyone there. He was constantly on the move, which suggested he had some high level work within ISIL.

"He was always on the phone busy, doing something. But always made time to visit his injured friends in hospital.

“He would bring drinks sweets and ice cream. He came into the hospital where I was working he was visiting his friend and there was an injured fighter, he had with him a shopping bag with fizzy drinks and sweets I think it was Haribos. His friends seemed to like him, he was relaxed and he seemed to be quite prepared.”

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Police stood guard today outside the London block of flats where Emwazi lived

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Reporters gathered outside the flats after news of Jihadi John's real identity broke

The intelligence services have long utilised tactics that have proved ineffective

Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis

The insight into the Islamist fanatic's hatred for Britain came on the same day it emerged that teachers were so worried about his mental instability as a child they had referred him to anger management specialists.  

A woman who taught Emwazi at secondary school said the sessions appeared to have been a success, and that the now infamous terrorist had even once been considered a "success story" for appearing to overcome his problems to achieve good grades. 

"I'd say that Mohammed was a success story of our school, he went on to achieve everything that he wanted to do; he went to a university of his choice, and from the way he started in Year Seven to how he blossomed 'til he left at the end of sixth form was a huge achievement for him, so I'm very surprised." she said.

The teacher also told BBC's Newsnight that agents from MI5 gathering intelligence about his childhood visited staff at Quintin Kynaston Academy on Thursday. 

It is believed that the young Emwazi may have been radicalised there through his association with Mohammed Sakr, who later joined Somalian terrorist group Al-Shabaab before reportedly being killed in a US drone strike.

A former schoolfriend told the Telegraph that Emwazi and Sakr's younger brother "were always together at school" and claimed that they visited a mosque together where they may have developed "radical views".

He also revealed that Emwazi had even been selected as part of a group a group of model pupils chosen to meet then prime minister Tony Blair during a visit to the school.  

In a statement the school, in north-west London, said it was "shocked and sickened" that the former pupil was involved in terrorism.

"If the allegations are true we are all extremely shocked and sickened by the news.

"All members of staff at QK work very hard to support the education and well-being of our students and protect them from harm.

"In this respect, QK has been extremely proactive in working with the Government's Prevent strategy for a period of time and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future."

Revelations about Emwazi's childhood have led to mounting criticism of the security services, who had placed him on a terror watch list and even tried to recruit him shortly before he fled the country. 

In a scathing attack today, senior Tory MP and former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis condemned Emwazi as "evil and delusional" but accused MI5 of using using "ineffective" tactics.

Writing in the Guardian he said: "Given the numbers who appear to have slipped through the net, it is legitimate to ask: how many more people must die before we start to look more closely at the strategy of our intelligence services?

"The problem is not new. The fact is that the intelligence services have long utilised tactics that have proved ineffective." 

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Asim Qureshi provoked outrage after calling Mohammed Emwazi a 'beautiful, kind man'

However David Cameron defended the secret service, which has been accused by associates of the London university graduate of playing a part in his radicalisation.

Speaking after the militant - seen wielding a knife in a series of barbaric videos of hostage beheadings - was identified as Kuwait-born Emwazi, Mr Cameron said his "number one priority" was to ensure that those responsible for crimes against British citizens were "put out of action".

As the inquest into how the educated graduate became radicalised rumbled on today, it emerged that two charities who donated money to a controversial human rights group are under investigation by the Government. 

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) and the Roddick Foundation both gave money to Cage, which provoked outrage earlier this week after a video emerged of its leader Asim Qureshi describing Emwazi as a "beautiful, kind man" 

A spokesman for the Charity Commission said: "Public statements made in the last few days by Cage raise clear questions for a charity considering funding its activities as to how they could comply with their legal duties as charity trustees."

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