FBI: U.S. Has Identified IS Hostage Executioner

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FBI: U.S. Has Identified IS Hostage Executioner

Washington (AFP) – The United States believes it has identified the masked Islamic State militant who murdered two kidnapped American journalists in separate videotaped beheadings, FBI chief James Comey said Thursday.

The jihadist organization triggered global outrage when it released two videos of a man with a British accent killing first James Foley then Steven Sotloff, freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria.

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