The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has beheaded Steven Joel Sotloff, the second American executed by the Islamic militant group, and posted a video of it on the Internet, the SITE Intelligence group, a research organization that tracks jihadist web postings, said Tuesday.
The execution of Mr. Sotloff, 31, came despite pleas from his mother aimed directly at ISIS's top leader seeking mercy for her son, a freelance journalist who was captured in northern Syria a year ago.
Word of Mr. Sotloff's beheading came two weeks after James Foley, 45, another American journalist, was beheaded by ISIS, which warned back then that Mr. Sotloff would be the next to die.
In the latest video, Mr. Sotloff describes himself as 'paying the price' for the Obama administration's decision to strike ISIS targets in Iraq. The same masked fighter who appeared in the Foley beheading also appears beside Mr. Sotloff, asserting, 'I'm back, Obama, and I'm back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State.'
The SITE Intelligence Group also said ISIS was threatening a third captive, a Briton it identified David Cawthorne Haines, as the next beheading victim.
At least two other Americans are believed to be held by ISIS.
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