Mohammed Emwazi wanted to join al-Shabaab in Syria , source claims . Stopped in 2009 after flying to Africa and was put on flight back home . Source claims he intended to go back , but did not after friends were killed . Bilal al-Berjawi and Mohammed Sakr died during drone strikes in 2012 . The same year Emwazi travelled to Somalia where he joined Islamic State .
Mohammed Emwazi wanted to join al-Shabaab in Somalia , source claims . Stopped in 2009 after flying to Africa and was put on flight back home . Source claims he intended to go back , but did not after friends were killed . Bilal al-Berjawi and Mohammed Sakr died during drone strikes in 2012 . The same year Emwazi travelled to Syria where he joined Islamic State .