Mohammed Emwazi: We won’t get closure until there's a bullet between his eyes, says widow of aid worker David Haines

 
Murdered: David Haines, pictured at home with his daughter when she was a baby
Standard Reporter27 February 2015
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The daughter of British aid worker David Haines allegedly killed by “Jihadi John” has said families of his victims will feel relief “once there’s a bullet between his eyes.”

Bethany Haines told ITV News during an emotional interview “it’s a good step” the man in a video of her father's death has been identified in reports as Mohammed Emwazi, but that it does not bring any closure.

Mr Haines, 44, was beheaded last September after he was taken hostage in Syria while working for an international relief agency.

The father-of-two was helping with refugees in a camp near the Turkish border when he was snatched by jihadists.

Ms Haines said: “It's a good step but I think all the families will feel closure and relief once there's a bullet between his eyes."

Subsequent reports have said Emwazi was known to UK security services before joining Islamic State.

Ms Haines told ITV News: "If they'd known his name earlier they could've stopped him going but they can't and once he's captured I think there will be a lot of happy faces."

She added: "It is shocking but they're doing their job. They're doing the best they can. They've not dealt with a so-called Islamic State like this before. There's no right or wrong.

"There should've been more security in airports to stop people doing that and definitely for him, obviously he's part of a terrorist group and is out to kill hundreds of people and it's not right.

"They need to be monitoring airports more clearly. They need to be asking more security questions. Why are people going to Turkey and then getting a connecting flight? It's not right. You don't just go to Syria on holiday."

Ms Haines also raised concerns over the three young girls who have apparently travelled to join Islamic State from London.

Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, travelled to Istanbul on 17 February.

Ms Haines told the broadcaster: "One of them is a year younger than me. They've been brainwashed. And it's not their fault but there should've been someone there stopping them."

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