HOSTAGE beheader Jihadi John was killed by a British-led drone strike as he clutched a kebab, a mission chief has revealed.
The IS fighter was tracked by MI6 to a takeaway in 2015.
ReutersJihadi John, real name Mohammed Emwazi, had joined the terror group with three Britons, dubbed the IS Beatles[/caption]
Top brass waited until a boy with him left the scene then called in the strike.
The Londoner, real name Mohammed Emwazi, had joined the terror group with three Britons, dubbed the IS Beatles, before executing at least 29 captives.
A military official said the mission in Raqqa was led by RAF and USAF drone specialists in Qatar, backed by spies in Syria.
They said: “We’d been monitoring Emwazi six weeks and identified a pattern in which he’d visit a building near his mosque.
“He’d arrive in a 4×4 and stay for 3-4 minutes.
“The team asked MI6 about the building and it came back that it was a kebab shop.
“One day he walked out of the kebab shop there and the boy ran off to play football. It was our chance.”
A drone launched a Hellfire missile but the boy returned, almost triggering the abort.
When he was blocked by cars the strike continued.
The official added: “Emwazi was evaporated, kebab in hand.”
Last week, terror pal El Shafee Elsheikh — Jihadi Ringo — applied to transfer from a US to UK jail, sparking fury from victims’ families.
Sky NewsJihadi John was killed by a British-led drone strike as he clutched a kebab, a mission chief has revealed[/caption]