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Islamic State butcher Jihadi John has apparently threatened to come back to Britain and "carry on cutting heads".

A man believed to be the sick fanatic - responsible for beheading at least seven hostages in Syria - was captured ranting to the camera in mobile phone footage.

In the one minute and 17 second video the man, believed to be 27-year-old Londoner Mohammed Emwazi, looks menacingly as he makes his sick pledge .

He says: “I am Mohammed Emwazi. I will soon go back to Britain with the Khalifa” [the leader of Islamic State]."



"I will carry on cutting heads."

It is believed the footage, obtained by The Mail on Sunday, was shot near the IS-held town of Deir Ezzor in south-east Syria about two months ago.

It apparently shows Jihadi John, unmasked for the first time, looking menacingly at the camera and swaggering in desert while speaking to the camera.

The newspaper says the film was secretly obtained by rebel fighters of the Free Syrian Army , who sent it to one of their colleagues, known as Abu Rashid, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Athough the Mail On Sunday was only given a eight second excerpt of the film, it was given the full audio of what was said.

However, the entire footage was leaked to an FSA-linked activist in Istanbul who told the newspaper: "He looks at the camera and says: “I am Mohammed Emwazi. I will soon go back to Britain with the Khalifa” [the leader of Islamic State]."

The activist continues: "He said something more about cutting heads off, “We will kill the kuffar.” Then the camera shows two masked men that looked like bodyguards."

Jihadi John has not been seen since beheading Japanese hostage Kenji Goto in a sickening IS video at the end of January.

He is one of the world’s most wanted men with a £6 million bounty placed on his head by the US.

He became the world’s most infamous jihadi after he beheaded American captive James Foley, 40, in the Syrian desert a year ago.

During a brutal five month killing spree he also beheaded American Steven Sotloff, 31, Briton David Haines, 44, from Perth, Scotland, aid worker Alan Henning, 47, from Manchester as well as American aid worker Peter Kassig, 26, and Japanese hostages Haruna Yukawa, 42, and Mr Goto, 47.

Jihadi John has also been seen in a video taking part in the beheadings of at least 17 Syrian soldiers.

British journalist John Cantlie, 45, is the last known Western hostage being held by IS and was seen in a propaganda video last year.