The Islamic State militant group has beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig. A video released Sunday shows a mass beheading of Syrian soldiers, followed by an image of Kassig’s severed head. Unlike four previous videos involving American and British hostages, this video does not show the actual execution or any statement by Kassig. The shift has caused speculation Kassig may have resisted and managed to disrupt the filming. Kassig, who was 26, converted to Islam in captivity and was also known as Abdul-Rahman. He was an Army Ranger who served in Iraq and later founded an aid group to help Syrian refugees. President Obama called his killing “pure evil.”
ISIS Beheads U.S. Aid Worker Peter Kassig
HeadlineNov 17, 2014