British jihadist placed on global terror list

A British jihadist has been placed on a global terrorist list by US officials who have identified him as the replacement for executioner Jihadi John. Siddhartha Dhar was designated a global terrorist by the US State Department alongside a Belgian-Morrocan also fighting for the militants in the Middle East. Dhar, a former bouncy castle salesman, was able to escape the authorities and take his family to Syria to fight for the Islamic State despite being on bail for terrorism offences. After arriving in Syria, Dhar was then believed to have appeared as a masked figure presenting a propaganda video. The US government said the declaration of Dhar and Abdelatif Gaini as specially designated global terrorists would seek to deny them ‘the resources they need to plan and carry out further terrorist attacks’.