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WASHINGTON. — US Federal Bureau of Investigations believes that it has identified the masked Islamic State (IS) militant who has been videotaped beheading Western hostages, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.
But Comey declined to reveal the man’s name or nationality, local media ABC News reported.
The masked, black-clad militant, with a British accent, killed two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff and a British aid worker, David Haines, in videos released by the terrorist group that has controlled large swaths of Syria and Iraq.
In the three clips, the suspect holds a long knife and appears to begin cutting the captives. The militant — who speaks with a southern English accent — shows only his eyes in all three videos. From the footage, the executioner appears to be left-handed and of average height and build. — Xinhua.
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