‘Jihadi John’ hurt in air strike as video released

The video showing what the fifth beheading victim of the Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John was released just hours after reports emerged that he was injured in an allied air strike.

The masked fanatic, who is thought to be British and speaks with a London accent, is believed to be responsible for the killings of Britons David Haines and Alan Henning and Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and now Peter Kassig.

Footage of Mr Kassig’s death was posted online yesterday but it is not known whether it was made before the reported US-led air strike on a summit of IS commanders.