A video posted online Tuesday purported to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State group (IS), which described it as retribution for continued US airstrikes in Iraq.
Sotloff, who freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines, had last been seen in Syria in August, 2013 until he appeared in a video released online last month by the Islamic State group that showed the beheading of fellow American journalist James Foley.
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit against the backdrop of an arid Syrian landscape, Sotloff was threatened in that video with death unless the US stopped airstrikes on the group in Iraq.
In the video distributed Tuesday and entitled “A Second Message to America,” Sotloff appears in a similar jumpsuit before he was purportedly beheaded by an Islamic State fighter.
http://www.france24.com/en/20140902-video-ispurports-beheading-second-us-journalist-steven-sotloff/
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