A new video released by the Islamic State on Sunday claims to show
the killing of an American hostage Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was also
known as Peter Kassig before converting to Islam. Read more according to
the Huffington Post:
According to Reuters, the video showed a masked man
standing with a bloodied decapitated head lying at his feet. The man,
speaking in English in a British accent, said, “This is Peter Edward
Kassig, a U.S. citizen.”
The authenticity of the footage, which was posted on a jihadist
website and on Twitter, has not been verified. U.S. officials are
working to determine its authenticity.
In a statement released online, the Kassig family said they are waiting for confirmation from the government.
“The family respectfully asks that the news media avoid playing into
the hostage takers’ hands and refrain from publishing or broadcasting
photographs or video distributed by the hostage takers,” part of the
statement reads. “We prefer our son is written about and remembered for
his important work and the love he shared with friends and family, not
in the manner the hostage takers would use to manipulate Americans and
further their cause.”
The 16-minute video also appears to show a mass beheading of men
alleged to be Syrian soldiers. “To Obama, the dog of Rome, today we are
slaughtering the soldiers of Bashar and tomorrow we will be slaughtering
your soldiers,” a masked ISIS militant said.
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