BEIRUT: The Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS released a video posted Tuesday showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Barack Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the jihadists continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”
The footage, depicting what the U.S. called a sickening act of brutality, was posted two weeks after the release of video showing the killing of James Foley and days after Sotloff’s mother pleaded for his life.
Barak Barfi, a spokesman for the Sotloff family, confirmed the death.
“The family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving privately. There will be no public comment from the family during this difficult time,” Barfi said.