Alan Henning, UK Aid Worker, Beheaded in ISIS Video

Alan Henning, UK Aid Worker, Beheaded in ISIS Video

Alan Henning, UK Aid Worker, Beheaded in ISIS Video – ISIS has released another video in a series of gruesome beheadings that have shocked the world. This time the victim is 47 year old Alan Henning. Henning was a British hostage from Salford, England who was abducted by gunmen when his humanitarian aid convoy was stopped in Syria last December.

This is the fourth beheading video ISIS has released. Previous videos included British hostage David Haines and American Hostages Steven Sotloff and James Foley.

In the video the hostage, Alan Henning, is wearing an orange jumpsuit, similar to the outfits other ISIS decapitation victims have worn in this horrific series of videos. The man who is believed to be Henning is knelt down and recites:

“Because of our parliament’s decision to attack the Islamic State, I, as a member of the British public, will now pay the price for that decision.”

The ISIS militant next to Henning states:

“Obama, you have started your aerial bombardment of Shams (Syria), which keeps on striking our people, so it is only right that we continue to strike the neck of your people.”

At the end an the militant threatened their next victim, 26 year old Peter Kassig, who was confirmed to be in captivity by his parents and National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on Friday. Kassig was doing humanitarian work in Syria when he was abducted.

Though the video has not yet been verified, many already believe it is authentic. Hayden noted:

“At this point we have no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video released earlier today. We will continue to use every tool at our disposal – military, diplomatic, law enforcement and intelligence – to try to bring Peter home to his family.”

President Obama released a statement in response to the Alan Henning beheading video:

The United States strongly condemns the brutal murder of United Kingdom citizen Alan Henning. Standing together with our U.K. friends and allies, we will work to bring the perpetrators of Alan’s murder – as well as the murders of Jim Foley, Steven Sotloff and David Haines – to justice.

Prime Minister David Cameron has also given his thoughts via tweet:

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