Islamic State Claims Beheading Of US Aid Worker Peter Kassig And The Execution Of Dozens Of Syrian Soldiers

'The Islamic State Will Slaughter Your People In Your Streets': New 'Jihadi John' Threat To Britain And The US In Latest Horrific ISIS Video Which Claims To Show Beheaded American Aid Worker -- Daily Mail

* Peter Kassig's murder not shown but a severed head said to be his is seen
* Mr Kassig was a former U.S. soldier turned aid worker in Syria
* Video also shows the graphic execution of dozens of Syrian soldiers
* Prime Minister says he's 'horrified by the cold blooded murder'
* White House says intelligence agencies are examining the video

A masked jihadist today issued a chilling threat to the West in a video purporting to show the severed head of a U.S. aid worker and a mass murder of Syrian soldiers.

Speaking in the now-familiar London accent of Islamic State executioner-cum-spokesman Jihadi John, the militant issues the bloodcurdling threat in the group's latest propaganda video.

Later in the same video, which emerged today, it is claimed that another Western hostage, the aid worker and former U.S. army ranger Peter Kassig, has also been executed.

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More News On Reports That The Islamic State Has Beheaded US Aid Worker Peter Kassig As Well As Executing Dozens Of Syrian Soldiers

ISIL 'beheads Syria troops and US aid worker' -- Al Jazeera
Islamic State claims to have beheaded U.S. hostage Kassig -- Reuters
Video: Islamic State group beheads US aid worker -- AP
ISIS Video Purports to Prove Peter Kassig, a U.S. Aid Worker, Was Executed -- New York Times
IS group claims beheading of US aid worker Kassig -- AFP
US hostage Abdul-Rahman Kassig 'killed by IS' -- BBC
ISIS Claims to Have Beheaded American Aid Worker Peter Kassig in New Video -- ABC News
IS says it beheaded U.S. hostage Peter Kassig -- FOX News/EFE

Update: On a bright note .... it looks like Jihadi John who is responsible for the murder of previous Western hostages was wounded in an airstrike .... EXCLUSIVE: Got him! Jihadi John is 'wounded in US airstrike that killed 10 top ISIS commanders at secret bunker meeting in Iraq' (Daily Mail).