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Brit killer Jihadi John was refused entry into Tanzania six years ago because he was drunk and abusive, it was reported today.

Mohammed Emwazi - the masked Islamic State fighter who has appeared in a series of beheading videos - was reported to have been stopped at the airport in Dar-es-Salaam and told the British Government could have been behind the refusal.

But Tanzania's home affairs minister Mathias Chikawe said the reason Emwazi and two friends were turned away in 2009 was because they were "very drunk", the Times reported.

Mr Chikawe said: "They were refused entry because they disembarked from the plane very drunk.

"They were insulting our immigration staff and other people."

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He added: "There was no information from anywhere that they were criminal suspects."

The trio, one of whom the paper claims was fellow Briton Ali Adorus, who is currently being held in an Ethiopian prison after being convicted of terror offences, were held at a police station overnight and put on a flight to Amsterdam the next day, where Emwazi claimed he was questioned by "Nick, from MI5".

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Advocacy group Cage recently released an audio recording of an interview they claimed to be with Emwazi in which he said he was threatened by the agent during questioning at Schipol airport in Amsterdam.

He said the agent had tried to "put words in my mouth", adding: "'We are going to keep a close eye on you, Mohammed. We already have been and we are going to keep a close eye on you' - threatening me."

Emwazi claimed the agent accused him of trying to reach Somalia for terrorism training when he had tried to head to Tanzania - something he denied, insisting he was going on a safari trip.

Earlier this week, a video emerged showing Emwazi larking about in the playground of his west London secondary school Quintin Kynaston.

Wearing a grey hoodie Emwazi, who is thought to be around 15-years-old, appears to try to hide his face as he notices one of his fellow students captures him on camera.

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The footage was taken during a lunchtime and show the ‘painfully shy’ teenager kicking a ball around with friends and walking through the playground.

According to friends of his, Emwazi was often one of the first people picked at football.

One of the school boys can clearly be heard shouting, “Emwazi”, beckoning over the future jihadi who would go on to brutally kill at least seven people - including Brits Alan Henning and David Haines.

The footage, shot in May 2004, was broadcast this evening on Channel Four News who also spoke to Diane Foley, the mother of murdered US journalist James Foley.

After being shown the video, Mrs Foley spoke of her terror that such a normal boy could end up a brutal killer.

She said: "That is one of the most frightening parts.

"How a promising young person who had many gifts could use his talents for such evil.

"It’s very frightening he would end up filled with such hate.

"That's very disturbing to me that young people would be attracted to such hate?”