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'Jihadi John' with journalist Steven Sotloff just moments before Sotloff was killed. (file, AP)
London - The former school principal of the man who became "Jihadi John" says he was a relatively hardworking student who showed no signs of radicalisation.
Jo Shuter, former head teacher at Quintin Kynaston school in London, told BBC Radio on Monday that Mohammed Emwazi was a "hardworking and aspirational young man" when she knew him.
She said he had "adolescent issues" and was occasionally bullied by other students.
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