the murder of British aid worker Alan Henning in a video showing his
apparent execution.
In the video, almost identical to those released after three previous
murders, a masked IS militant also displays a hostage he identifies as
an American, Peter Kassig.
The video, found online by the SITE private terrorism monitor, opens
with a news report about the British parliament's vote last week to
authorize air strikes against jihadist targets in Iraq.
Then it cuts to Henning, on his knees against a desert backdrop and
wearing an orange prison-style outfit, with a masked militant standing
over him wielding a combat knife.
Henning explains to camera that as a member of the British public, he
is being made to pay the price for the parliamentary vote.
Then the jihadist, who has the same British accent as the killer in a
previous IS video of the death of British hostage David Haines,
addresses Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron.
"The blood of David Haines was on your hands, Cameron. Alan Henning
will also be slaughtered, but his blood is on the hands of the British
parliament," he declares, then cuts the hostage's throat.
After the beheading the video cuts to a similar scene in which the
killer introduces a man as Kassig, reportedly a 24-year-old US aid
worker who had gone missing in Syria.
"Obama, you have started your aerial bombardment in Sham, which keeps
on striking our people," the militant says, using the Arabic term for
Syria and the Levant.
"So it is only right that we continue to strike the necks of your people."
The video ends with the second hostage apparently unharmed.
Previous IS victims have been threatened in this way before appearing
around two weeks later in videos of their murders.
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