{"id":31198,"date":"2014-09-14T05:12:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T04:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31198"},"modified":"2014-09-14T05:12:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T04:12:54","slug":"british-hostage-david-haines-beheaded-islamic-state-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/british-hostage-david-haines-beheaded-islamic-state-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"British hostage David Haines beheaded by Islamic State terrorists\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv9711537285js_38\" class=\"yiv9711537285\" style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<div id=\"yiv9711537285id_541500801b4028879294316\" class=\"yiv9711537285\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24262\">Prime Minister David Cameron describes murder of British aid worker David Haines by Isil as &#8216;an act of pure evil&#8217;, as Foreign Office works urgently to verify video released by extremists<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24268\">Islamic State has released a video showing the beheading of British hostage David Haines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24270\" class=\"yiv9711537285\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24269\">It comes just hours after his family issued a public plea for his captors to contact them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24271\">The Foreign Office said it was &#8220;working urgently to verify&#8221; the video and offering Mr Haines&#8217;s family support.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24272\">David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said: &#8220;The murder of David Haines is an act of pure evil. My heart goes out to his family who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24273\">He added: &#8220;We will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice, however long it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24274\">Mr Haines, 44, was kidnapped last year as he delivered humanitarian aid in Syria.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24275\">His whereabouts were only revealed this month when he was shown kneeling in the sand, wearing an orange jumpsuit, in a video produced by jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) which also showed the murder of Steven Sotloff, an American journalist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24279\" style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24278\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24277\" class=\"yiv9711537285\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24276\" class=\"yiv9711537285\">\n<div id=\"yiv9711537285u_ps_jsonp_18_0_4\" class=\"yiv9711537285\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410608912874_24283\" class=\"yiv9711537285\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xaf1\/v\/t1.0-9\/10609544_10204100724334462_3286972678793453875_n.jpg?oh=2741bccaa6116f0154636330a6839bb9&amp;oe=548B46F9&amp;__gda__=1419238477_93d9a8459cd6443fae4efdf2b53e6758\" alt=\"British hostage David Haines beheaded by Islamic State terrorists (BBC) 1:15AM \n====\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022=======\nPrime Minister David Cameron describes murder of British aid worker David Haines by Isil as 'an act of pure evil', as Foreign Office works urgently to verify video released by extremists\n\nIslamic State has released a video showing the beheading of British hostage David Haines.\n\nIt comes just hours after his family issued a public plea for his captors to contact them.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it was &quot;working urgently to verify&quot; the video and offering Mr Haines's family support.\n\nDavid Cameron, the Prime Minister, said: &quot;The murder of David Haines is an act of pure evil. My heart goes out to his family who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude.&quot;\n\nHe added: &quot;We will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice, however long it takes.&quot;\n\nMr Haines, 44, was kidnapped last year as he delivered humanitarian aid in Syria.\n\nHis whereabouts were only revealed this month when he was shown kneeling in the sand, wearing an orange jumpsuit, in a video produced by jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) which also showed the murder of Steven Sotloff, an American journalist.\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv9711537285u_ps_jsonp_18_0_4\" class=\"yiv9711537285\">BBC<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister David Cameron describes murder of British aid worker David Haines by Isil as &#8216;an act of pure evil&#8217;, as Foreign Office works urgently to verify video released by&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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