article_snippet.sent: Mohammed Emwazi, the British jihadi now known as Jihadi John, planned to join a different terror group in Somalia years before becoming a member of ISIS, it has been reported.
article_snippet.sent: Emwazi, who is originally from London, was planning on joining al-Shabaab in Africa but changed his mind after his friends were killed amid accusations his friends were killed amid accusations they were set up by rival group members were set up by rival group members.
article_snippet.sent: Mohammed Emwazi (left), now known as masked killer Jihadi John (right), planned to join al-Shabaab in Somalia before going to Syria because two of al-Shabaab were killed, a source has said .
article_snippet.sent: According to a 29-year-old Syrian, named only as Ayman, Emwazi was obsessed with al-Shabaab and constantly spoke about the fighting in Somalia.
article_snippet.sent: In an interview with The Independent, Ayman says Emwazi once confided in Ayman that Ayman planned to join al-Shabaab before coming to Syria because Somalia was too dangerous.
article_snippet.sent: Ayman, who said Ayman met Emwazi in Syria after ISIS captured Ayman hometown, added: 'Mohammed was obsessed with al-Shabaab, Mohammed was angry about what happened in Africa. '
article_snippet.sent: Emwazi has previously been accused of trying to join al-Shabaab, and was detained in August 2009 after flying to Tanzania in east Africa with a group of friends.
article_snippet.sent: Ayman claims that Emwazi also intended to return, but after Ayman friends were killed Ayman decided against his friends were killed, believing al-Shabaab had been infiltrated by Western spies and was too dangerous.
article_snippet.sent: In 2012, Emwazi fled Britain for Syria, despite being on terror watchlists, where Ayman eventually joined the ranks of ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: Emwazi was accused of trying to join al-Shabaab in 2009 when Emwazi flew to Tanzania before being sent back home by security force.
article_snippet.sent: Emwazi joined ISIS in Syria in 2012 (pictured, al-Shabaab militants in Somalia)
article_snippet.sent: In previous interviews, French hostages have described how Emwazi talked to French hostages about al-Shabaab and the war in Somalia, making al-Shabaab and the war in Somalia watch videos of the fighting there.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mohammed Emwazi wanted to join al-Shabaab in Somalia, source claims .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The same year Mohammed Emwazi travelled to Syria where Mohammed Emwazi joined Islamic State .