Rather disturbingly, ISIS had just announced the execution of another captive:
- *ISLAMIC STATE RELEASES VIDEO SHOWING BEHEADING OF DAVID HAINES
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As Bloomberg reports,
Video is similar to ones in which James Foley, Steve Sotloff were killed, SITE says.
Jihadist monitoring website comments on today’s beheading in statement on its website
British captive David Haines, who SITE says is beheaded in video, addresses U.K. PM Cameron in video
Video purportedly shows David Haines saying he holds David Cameron "entirely responsible" for his "execution" before being murdered
“You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State, just as your predecessor Tony Blair did, following a trend amongst our British prime minister who can’t find the courage to say no to the Americans,” SITE quotes Haines as saying
SITE says executioner appears to be same as in previous videos.
“IS Beheads Briton David Haines, Threatens to Execute Another Briton, Alan Henning,” SITE Intel Group says on Twitter.
- *ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS TO EXECUTE BRITISH HOSTAGE HENNING:SITE
- *SITE SAYS BEHEADING VIDEO ENTITLED `A MSG TO ALLIES OF AMERICA'
- *SITE SAYS VIDEO SIMILAR TO BEHEADINGS OF FOLEY, SOTLOFF
- *SITE COMMENTS ON TODAY'S BEHEADING IN STATEMENT ON ITS WEBSITE
- *HAINES ADDRESSES U.K.'S CAMERON IN VIDEO, SITE SAYS
- *SITE SAYS EXECUTIONER APPEARS TO BE SAME AS IN PREVIOUS VIDEOS
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Link to video can be found here (warning: extremely graphic) [5]
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Isis photos appear to show murder of british hostage. Same Desert location. Masked man. Beheading. Disgusting.
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) September 13, 2014 [6]
Sounds like same british accented voice of masked militant in isis beheading video of british hostage.
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) September 13, 2014 [7]
In London, the Foreign Office has said it is aware of the video and “working urgently to verify” its content.
Haines, who was 44, was kidnapped last year. He had been in Syria for just three days when he was kidnapped and handed over to Isis militants.
The aid worker was taken while working for Acted in Syria in March 2013.
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The 44-year-old Haines has a teenage daughter in Scotland from a previous marriage and a four-year-old daughter in Croatia from his present marriage.
Educated at Perth Academy secondary school, he has worked for aid agencies in some of the world's worst trouble spots.
He was in Libya during its civil war in 2011, working as head of mission for Handicap International, which helps disabled people in poverty and conflict zones around the world.
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British PM Cameron responds:
- *DAVID HAINES MURDER ’ACT OF PURE EVIL’: CAMERON ON TWITTER
- *’WE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO HUNT DOWN THESE MURDERERS’: CAMERON
- *U.K.'S CAMERON SAYS ACT WAS `DESPICABLE AND APPALLING MURDER'
- *CAMERON SAYS CABINET MEETING ON MATTER TO BE HELD SUNDAY
