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IS claims beheading of US aid worker Kassig in video

The extremist group released a video showing a masked militant claiming to have beheaded Kassig and standing over a severed head

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AFPPTI Beirut
The Islamic State jihadist group today claimed to have executed US aid worker Peter Kassig as a warning to the United States.

The extremist group released a video showing a masked militant claiming to have beheaded Kassig and standing over a severed head.

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First Published: Nov 16 2014 | 2:50 PM IST

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