IS-inspired plot ringleader 'had links to Jihadi John's British terror cell'

A medical student who plotted an IS-inspired attack on London's streets was part of a wider network of jihadis who became radicalised in the Ladbroke Grove area of the capital.

The network included several whose identities were revealed by ITV News - and some who went on to become some of Islamic State's most infamous faces.

  • Mohammed Emwazi

For months Islamic State's infamous front man, Emwazi became known around the world as 'Jihadi John' after executing a string of western hostages including Britons David Haines and Alan Henning.

The 27-year-old was part of the west London crew who became radicalised on the streets around Ladbroke Grove before fleeing to Syria.

He was killed in November 2015 by a US drone strike in Raqqa.

  • Alexe Kotey

Alexe Kotey, left, and Aine Davis, right, were identified as members of 'Jihadi John's IS cell. Credit: ITV News

ITV News revealed last month how Kotey, 31, became a key IS recruiter after converting to Islam in his twenties.

The father-of-two, born into the Greek Orthodox Church, went on to lead the so-called 'Beatles' cell in Syria, which held hostages and executed a string of western captives including Britons David Haines and Alan Henning.

It is believed Kotey was responsible for radicalising a string of young men in west London before leaving Britain.

His fate is unknown but it is believed that he continues to fight alongside the terror group.

  • Aine Davis

Unmasked in February as another member of the so-called 'Beatles' cell, Davis, 31, is a former drug-dealer currently being held under suspicion of terror offences in Turkey.

He left Britain in 2013 and joined IS, where he helped detain and murder western hostages alongside Emwazi and Kotey in the IS stronghold of Raqqa.

His wife, Amal El-Wahabi, was jailed in 2014 for funding terrorism.

  • Fatlum Shalaku

Fatlum Shalaku Credit: ITV News

Student-turned suicide bomber who died in March 2015 aged 20 after blowing himself up during an IS assault on the city of Ramadi.

The body-building former Holland Park student was also known as Abu Musa al-Britani.

  • Flamur Shalaku

Older brother of Fatlum Shalaku, the 23-year-old architecture student was also known as Abu Saeed before he was killed on the frontline in March last year.

  • Mohamed el-Araj

The engineering student, 23, is believed to have been radicalised by Kotey before travelling to fight in Syria, where he died in 2013.

  • Hamzah Parvez

Hamzah Parvez

Hotel worker Parvezwas one of the first Britons to be exposed as an IS fighter in Iraq, after ITV News tracked down his family in the summer of 2014.

The 23-year-old is believed to have married in Syria and is still fighting with the jihadis.

  • Mohammed Nasser

ITV News revealed how Nasser, 21, a former school pupil in Holland Park, west London, died in Syria after leaving his undergraduate business course to join the conflict.

He was killed in June 2014 after being hit by shrapnel.

  • Mohammed el-Araj

The 23-year-old from Ladbroke Grove, west London, was the second British fighter to be killed as he fought Assad’s forces in 2013.

  • Choukri Ellekhlifi

The Londoner of Moroccan origin got into petty crime at home before travelling to Syria, where he died in Aleppo in August 2013.

  • Nassim Terrreri

The 25-year-old grew up in the streets of west London. He became one of the first Britons to die in Syria - killed in a fire fight in 2012.

  • Tarik Hassane

Tarik Hassane

The son of a Saudi diplomat, Hassane, who grew up in London, was a direct associate of Kotey and Davis in London before the pair left for Syria.

The 22 year-old, who was studying medicine in Sudan until his arrest in 2014, admitted being the ringleader of a major IS-inspired plot to spread terror on the streets of London.

Detectives say they cannot rule out the possibility he had also traveled to Syria.

  • Suhaib Majeed

Suhaib Majeed Credit: CPS

Kings College physics student spent weeks engaged in secret communications as the west London gang made their plans. The court heard he planned to drive the moped on the day of the would-be attack.