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Government review into schools with Syria links Mother recognised Mohammed Emwazi's voice on hostage videos
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The government is to carry out a review of schools with links to pupils who have travelled to Syria. The mother of Mohammed Emwazi has said she immediately recognised his voice when she heard him on a hostage video released by Islamic State.
The Department for Education said it would be looking at whether "there are any lessons we can learn for the future". The parents of Emwazi told Kuwaiti authorities they were last in contact with their son in 2013 when he called them from Turkey.
Earlier a former head teacher of Islamic State militant Mohammed Emwazi denied he was radicalised at school. They said Emwazi told them he was going to do humanitarian work in Turkey.
Two other pupils from the same school are also thought to have gone to fight in Syria and Somalia. Meanwhile the UK's Education Department is to investigate schools with links to pupils who have travelled to Syria.
Emwazi had been a pupil at the Quintin Kynaston Academy in north-west London. "Our understanding of the challenge of extremism, and the way we monitor the ability of schools to respond to it, has advanced hugely in the past few years," said a department spokesperson.
His former head teacher, Jo Shuter, said there had been no indication that any pupils were becoming extremist. "As part of this work, this Government set-up a dedicated Due Diligence and Counter Extremism division within the DfE and they are working tirelessly to develop our understanding of the problem and to see if and where we can offer help to schools with pupils or former pupils who have since travelled to Syria or other areas of concern.
She said: "I am not prepared to say when the radicalisation took place. All I can say is absolutely hand on heart, we had no knowledge of it. If we had we would have done something about it." "The Secretary of State has asked it to review those schools where we have evidence of links with pupils who have travelled to Syria to see if there are any lessons we can learn for the future."
The announcement of a review of schools came as Home Secretary Theresa May responded to an urgent question on Syria, terrorism and the threat of extremism in the House of Commons. Emwazi has been unmasked as "Jihadi John", who was pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper asked why the home secretary had not ensured that Mohammed Emwazi - who was known to security services - had been subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, or TPims. He first appeared in a video last August, when he apparently killed the US journalist James Foley.
Mrs May said could not comment on individual cases, but stressed it was up to the security services to make an application to put somebody on a TPim - when the case was strong enough.
Meanwhile, ABC News reported that Emwazi's mother had recognised his voice from videos before he murdered James Foley in August last year.
Emwazi's father said his son was a devout Muslim from a young age and the last contact he had with him was in the middle of 2013 from Turkey where he told the family he was going to join a charity in Syria.Emwazi's father said his son was a devout Muslim from a young age and the last contact he had with him was in the middle of 2013 from Turkey where he told the family he was going to join a charity in Syria.
Kuwaiti officials said Mohammed Emwazi was "an illegal resident" when he lived in Kuwait. Kuwaiti officials said he was "an illegal resident" when he lived in Kuwait.
They have confirmed to the BBC that Emwazi has never held Kuwaiti nationality nor held any Kuwaiti documentation like medical or educational certificates.They have confirmed to the BBC that Emwazi has never held Kuwaiti nationality nor held any Kuwaiti documentation like medical or educational certificates.
Although he was born in Kuwait in August 1988, his family are from the so-called "Bidoon" or "stateless" community of southern Iraqi immigrants, many of whom were deported after Kuwait was liberated from Saddam's forces in 1991.Although he was born in Kuwait in August 1988, his family are from the so-called "Bidoon" or "stateless" community of southern Iraqi immigrants, many of whom were deported after Kuwait was liberated from Saddam's forces in 1991.
The Kuwaiti authorities are investigating what he did, where he went and who he met there during his 2010 visit.The Kuwaiti authorities are investigating what he did, where he went and who he met there during his 2010 visit.
Mohammed Emwazi timeline: The announcement of a review of schools came as Home Secretary Theresa May responded to an urgent question on Syria, terrorism and the threat of extremism in the House of Commons.
Timeline source: Cage, London-based campaign group Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper asked why the home secretary had not ensured that Mohammed Emwazi - who was known to security services - had been subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, or TPims.
Mrs May said she could not comment on individual cases, but stressed it was up to the security services to make an application to put somebody on a TPim - when the case was strong enough.
Earlier, a former head teacher of Emwazi denied he was radicalised at school.
Two other pupils from the same school are also thought to have gone to fight in Syria and Somalia.
Emwazi had been a pupil at the Quintin Kynaston Academy in north-west London.
Former head Jo Shuter said there had been no indication that any pupils were becoming extremist.
She said: "I am not prepared to say when the radicalisation took place. All I can say is absolutely hand on heart, we had no knowledge of it. If we had we would have done something about it."