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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. |
Mr Comey did not say whether the man identified carried out the killings. | |
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. |