Mohammed Emwazi mixed with a violent street gang who used stun guns to target wealthy victims in London ’ s Mayfair , it has emerged . He also had childhood links to other Islamic extremists who went on to join terror groups in Syria and Somalia . Emwazi was known to associate with Choukri Ellekhlifi – a member of a masked gang which preyed on rich targets in a series of violent attacks . The Moroccan-born criminal was thought to have been two years below the IS killer at Quintin Kynaston academy in St John ’ s Wood , North West London . Emwazi was a known associate to Choukri Elleklifi ( right ) - a member of a masked gang which preyed on rich targets in a series of violent attacks in London . But he fled to join an Al Qaeda group in Syria before he could be brought to justice , and was killed by government forces near Aleppo in August 2013 . He and Emwazi were both said to have fallen under the sway of extremists while they were at secondary school , before Emwazi was further radicalised by hate preachers he encountered at Westminster University . School contemporaries claimed the older boy was involved in regular fights and the ‘ borderline stalking ’ of a female classmate . He was said to have dressed like a ‘ gangster rapper ’ as a teenager and to have experimented with alcohol and cannabis , before being radicalised by fanatical Islamists in his late teens . It is thought the toxic combination of their preaching and the violence he was exposed to through his association with Ellekhlifi may have fuelled his own descent into hate-filled brutality . Ellekhlifi and two friends committed eight robberies against wealthy victims in Mayfair , central London , in the space of a few days in July 2012 – not long before Emwazi travelled to Syria and joined Islamic State . The extremist , a former University of Westminster student , used to dress as a gangster rapper , said friends . Wearing masks , they threatened their victims with a stun gun and demanded they hand over possessions including wallets , watches and mobile phones . Two of their victims ended up in hospital with minor injuries after the stun gun was fired directly at them , and a sub-machine gun was later found at the home of one gang member . Ellekhlifi was charged but fled to Syria . He was found guilty in his absence and sentenced to six years for conspiracy to rob . Before his death , he was pictured in the country wearing paramilitary equipment and clutching an AK-47 . Emwazi was never accused of taking part in the robberies carried out by the gang . In a separate case , he was charged with possessing stolen bicycles , but was later acquitted by a jury . He has also been linked to a network of British-based jihadists who have avoided deportation by using the Human Rights Act to block moves to force them to leave Britain . They include an Al Qaeda suspect with known connections to the failed July 21 London bomb plot and a second London-based man accused of attending an Al Shabaab training camp in Somalia . Emwazi has also been linked to radical hate preachers who taught ‘ white widow ’ Samantha Lewthwaite and the Woolwich killers Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo . Britain ’ s security services have faced criticism that he was able to travel to Syria undetected , despite his many links to known terror suspects . This is despite emails sent by the militant in 2010 and 2011 claiming that MI5 was harassing him . Up to five schools are being investigated by the Department for Education which is worried about the radicalisation of pupils , it was reported last night . The department ’ s counter-extremism unit has been called in after it emerged that former pupils had joined extremist groups . The review includes Mohammed Emwazi ’ s former school – Quintin Kynaston academy in London – which is known to have had at least three ex-pupils join Islamic terror organisations . As well as Emwazi and gangster Choukri Ellekhlifi , former pupil Mohammed Sakr left Britain to join Somalia-based Al Shabaab before being killed in a US air strike in early 2012 . Questions have now been raised about whether enough was done to prevent teenagers at the school being brainwashed by extremists . Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has ordered officials to investigate the academy ’ s records to examine what measures were in place to tackle radicalisation . A spokesman for the department said that the academy is ‘ clearly a different school today ’ than it was when Emwazi attended , but said they were reviewing records to ‘ see if there are any lessons we can learn for the future ’ . The school insists it is not a terrorist breeding ground and that it has been ‘ proactive ’ in working with the Government ’ s counter-terrorism strategy . Current headteacher Alex Atherton said : ‘ Students that may have attended nine years ago are not a reflection of the students we are proud of having at Quintin Kynaston. ’ The review includes Mohammed Emwazi ’ s former school – Quintin Kynaston academy in London – which is known to have had at least three ex-pupils join Islamic terror organisations .
Mohammed Emwazi had links to violent street gang of muggers in London . Together the thugs kill wealthy victims with stun guns and rob them . He also had strong links to other Islamic extremists now in Syria . bin Ellekhlifi was two years below serial killer at Quintin high school . first born criminal killed in 2004 after joining Al Qaeda in Aleppo .