British Islamic State member Sally Jones is reported killed in air strike, along with executioner son, 12

The British member of Islamic State Sally Jones is believed to have been killed, along with her 12-year-old son Jojo, in a US air strike.

Although there is confidence she is dead, it is impossible to be categorical given the inability to collect evidence on the ground. Other members of Isis have been reported dead only to reappear.

Jones, dubbed “the white widow” by some in the press, was a regular propagandist on social media. The former punk rocker had more than 20 handles on Twitter but there has been no activity from her in recent months.

Her son was last year seen in an Islamic State video taking part in the mass killing of prisoners along with other child executioners. Jojo Jones would have been aged 11 at the time.

The Sun newspaper reported that the CIA had told its UK counterparts that Sally Jones was killed by a Predator drone strike near the Syria-Iraq border in June.

It added she had last been seen fleeing from Raqqa and heading for the Syrian border town of Mayadin. Many Isis members have fled the city as the organisation has gradually been squeezed.