British Government: Killer in Sotloff Video Is Same Man from Foley Video

Obtained by ABC News(LONDON) — The British government believes that the executioner who appeared in the video showing the death of American Steven Sotloff is the same man who appeared in a similar video last month showing the death of American James Foley.

“Our preliminary analysis is this video is genuine, that it is Mr. Sotloff, and it appears to be the same person, with an apparently British voice that appeared in the last video,” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told reporters Wednesday.

The British government, Hammond said, has been aware for some time that a British hostage has been held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and that they “will look at every possible option to protect” the hostage, who was shown at the end of the video showing Sotloff’s death.

“We have to deal with IS on the basis of the wider threat that they pose to the British public as well as this individual,” Hammond said Wednesday.


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