ISIS 'beheads' British hostage David Haines

ISIS militants threatened to kill David Haines if their demands were not met while beheading Steven Sotloff

A video purportedly showing the beheading of a British, David Haines, held hostage by the Islamic State (ISIS) has been released.

Site, an intelligence group, which was the first to report Steven Sotloff’s beheading, confirmed the video’s release.


In the video, entitled A Message to America’s Allies, a masked man is shown carrying out the beheading of Haines, whose life had earlier been threatened in a video showing the murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff. Sotloff’s killing followed a threat on his life made in a video showing the beheading of another US journalist, James Foley.

The British Foreign Office has said it is “working urgently to verify” the video of Haines.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware of the video and are working urgently to verify the contents.”


Haines, who was 44, was kidnapped last year. He had been in Syria for just three days when he was kidnapped and handed over to Islamic State (Isis) militants.


The murder comes one day after the Haines’ family released a statement urging his captors to contact them.

The aid worker was taken while working for Acted in Syria in March 2013, having previously helped people in Libya and South Sudan

-Guardian