British taxi driver beheaded by IS

A video purportedly showing the United Kingdom hostage, Alan Henning, being beheaded has been released by Islamic State militants. The Salford taxi driver was delivering aid to Syria in December when he was kidnapped and then held hostage by IS, the BBC reports. IS threatened to kill him in footage last month showing the death of Briton David Haines, and in this video they threatened United States aid worker Peter Kassig. Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would do all it could “to hunt down these murderers and bring them to justice.” The prime minister said the killing of father-of-two – Mr. Henning, 47, showed “how barbaric and repulsive” IS was. “My thoughts and prayers tonight are with Alan’s wife Barbara, their children and all those who loved him,” he said. “Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of need.” Mr. Henning’s wife Barbara had this week appealed for her husband’s release, saying: “He is innocent.” Volunteer Mr. Henning was on his fourth aid mission to Syria when he was captured within minutes of arriving in the country last December.