Jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) published in the Sunday video, which inform murder has been held in captivity founder of the humanitarian organization helping the Syrians Peter Kassiga. In addition to the Americans was beheaded several Syrian soldiers – Al Jazeera reported.
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video showing the execution appeared on the network on Sunday morning. It shows the beheading of several people whose militants IS refer to as pilots and officers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and the American hostage Peter Kassiga.
The film appeared in social media, but at the moment it is impossible to confirm its authenticity.
Al Jazeera quotes the masked man who speaks in the course of the movie. “Here Peter Edward Kassig, an American citizen who fought against Muslims in Iraq, he served as a soldier in the US Army and who does not have much to say – speaks for Kassiga jihadist.
And he added: – His fellow prisoners said so far on their own behalf.
Captured accepted Islam
Earlier jihadists threatened to Kassig will be another wasted hostage, and his death will be retaliation for US attacks on Islamists in Iraq and in Syria. This is the third person of American nationality, who died at the hands of militant Islamic State.
The parents appealed for his release. The mother even wrote a letter to the Caliph of the Islamic State.
The 26-year-old Peter Kassig in captivity converted to Islam and took the name Abdul-Rahman. Previously, he served in Iraq but was discharged for medical reasons. Data from the Pentagon show that the year belonged to an elite formation rangers stayed in Iraq from April to July 2007.
After leaving the army he devoted himself to humanitarian activities. In 2012 he founded the humanitarian organization Special Emergency Response and Assistance (SERA), which was helping Syrian refugees. On the website of the organization said that for security reasons suspended operations in Syria. On Saturday, the parents appealed to the kidnappers to release his son, remembering what his humanitarian activities.
Execution of the Islamic State
A few days ago, the jihadists have released a recording of the execution of Briton Alan Henning, which was also Kassiga threat of murder. Death Henning was to be retaliation for the British raids on targets Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, to which the consent of the parliament issued at the end of September.
Henning was the fourth Western hostage to be executed by the Islamic State. Previous record presented executions American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloffa and British aid worker David Haines.
US bombing the Islamic State and other radical groups in Syria nearly two weeks with the help of Arab allies in neighboring Iraq to attack selected targets since August. European countries (France and the United Kingdom) joined the operations against the State Islamic Iraq, but not in Syria.
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Author: pk gak // / Source: PAP, tvn24.pl, Al Jazeera
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