Saturday, October 4, 2014

Obama, Cameron Condemn 'Brutal Murder' of British Hostage by ISIS

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This story was updated at 6:15 p.m. ET to include a statement from President Obama.


A video surfaced on Friday afternoon that officials said showed an Islamic State militant beheading British hostage Alan Henning.


The militant appeared to be the same executioner who beheaded Americans James Foley and Steven Sotlof, as well as David Haines, who was British.



In the video, the black-clad ISIS militant says Henning would be “slaughtered,” but “his blood is on the hands of the British Parliament.”


At 51 seconds in, the executioner begins to cut Haines’s throat, and the screen goes black. It then shows the Briton’s bloodied head on his body. Read more…


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