ISIS militants released a video purporting to show the execution of British aid worker Alan Henning, which if confirmed would be the fourth time the terror group has beheaded a Western hostage.
The gruesome beheadings have been billed by ISIS as retaliation for U.S. and Western actions to destroy the militant organization.
Henning was driving an ambulance in an aid convoy when he was taken hostage in December. ISIS first publicly threatened his life earlier this month at the end of a propaganda video showing the beheading of Henning's fellow Briton, David Haines. In that video, a black-clad militant gripping a knife warned Henning would be next to die if U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron continued to aid U.S. efforts against ISIS. Cameron - who called ISIS 'monsters' - has said he will not be cowed.
Henning's wife has pleaded with ISIS for mercy in a statements released over recent weeks, saying Henning was a 'peaceful, selfless man' who gave up his job as a taxi driver to help Syrians in need.
'I cannot see how it could assist any State's cause to allow the world to see a man like Alan dying,' Henning's wife Barbara said in the statement. 'I pray that the people holding Alan respond to my messages and contact me before it is too late.'
Haines' family had made a similar public appeal to ISIS just hours before the video of his execution emerged. ISIS militants have murdered two American journalists - James Foley and Steven Sotloff. A third British hostage, photographer John Cantlie, has appeared in a vastly different propaganda effort: a video promising a series of 'programs' that will illuminate 'the truth' about ISIS.
First published October 3 2014, 1:32 PM
Posted by Unknown on Friday, October 3, 2014 - Rating: 4.5
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