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ITV News exclusive: The extremists in Jihadi John's British terror cell

The ISIS execution gang fronted by 'Jihadi John' contained two other British extremists who learned radical Islam together in London, ITV News can reveal.

Until now the identities of Emwazi's masked associates have not been known - but they can now be named as Londoners Alexe Kotey and Aine Davis.

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Kotey helped 'recruit London men to join Islamic State'

A British man identified as an associate of Islamic State militant "Jihadi John", was a key recruiter for the terror group, an anti-terror source has told ITV News.

Alexe Kotey is said to have played a hand in radicalising a string of fellow London men to join the extremist terror group.

Among them was Hamza Parvez, known as Abu Hamza al-Britani, whom ITV News previously revealed left his London home to join Isis.

Kotey also played a role in radicalising brothers Fatlam and Flamur Shakalu.

Fatlam, 20, known as Abu Musa al-Britani, became a suicide bomber who blew himself up last May in Ramadi. Flamur, 23, was also killed fighting in March.

Also part of Kotey's circle of associates were London fighters Mohammed Nasser, killed by shrapnel while fighting for Isis in 2014, and engineering student Mohammed el-Araj, 23, who died in Syria the previous year.

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