The British ISIS militant called Mohammed Emwazi was “eviscerated” in a US drone strike as he left a building in the city of Raqqa.

Officials in the US are now scrambling to confirm he has died as a result of the "clean hit", after the Pentagon confirmed the strike took place in the Syrian city.

But one unnamed defence official said the savage fighter “evaporated” after a “flawless” strike.

UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reported today that up to four terrorists were hit in the attack, and that the body of "an important British terrorist" is lying in a hospital in Raqqa.

ISIS officials have since claimed that Emwazi, who has become the face of the militant group, was injured but survived the attack.

However, locals in Raqqa reported their hospital has been closed off to the public - an event they claimed only happens when a senior militant has been killed.

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