'Jihadi John' and British extremists in Syria and Iraq face a violent death, Cameron says He declined to comment on the reports that he had been wounded, but said: "I think the point is clear that if people travel to Syria or Iraq in order to conduct terror operations against British people, British citizens or people back here in Britain then they are putting themselves in harm's way. They shouldn't be in any doubt about that. The Mail On Sunday reported that the British-accented militant was wounded while attending a meeting of Islamic State in Iraq. He was report. He was taken to hospital after the US-led attack on a bunker in Al-Qaim, western Iraq last Saturday that killed 10 Isil commanders and wounded 40 more. It was also reported that the Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was injured in the attack. "Jihadi John," named after Beatle John Lennon due to his British accent, killed British aid workers Mr Haines and Mr Henning as well as US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. The beheadings were filmed and published by Isil on the internet to promote the group's cause and issue threats to the West. He man, who goes by the nomme du guerre Jalman Al-Britani, has become a leading figure in the Islamist group.