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US identifies masked militant in beheading videos FBI: US identifies masked militant in beheading videos
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The FBI director has said his agency has identified the militant in the videos showing the killings of two US journalists and a British aid worker.The FBI director has said his agency has identified the militant in the videos showing the killings of two US journalists and a British aid worker.
But James Comey says the FBI will not yet release the name of Islamic State fighter, so-called Jihadi John, who appeared to have a British accent.But James Comey says the FBI will not yet release the name of Islamic State fighter, so-called Jihadi John, who appeared to have a British accent.
UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond told CNN this week they were "getting warm" on the identity of the masked man.UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond told CNN this week they were "getting warm" on the identity of the masked man.
Comey did not say whether the man identified carried out the killings. Mr Comey did not say whether the man identified carried out the killings.
In all three videos, the act of beheadings is not shown. He told ABC News the FBI was able to identify him with the help of international partners.
American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and British aid worker David Haines, have all been killed alongside a masked man dressed in black holding a knife, who speaks to the camera.
The life of another British citizen, Alan Henning, was threatened in the last video.