The terrorist organization claims to have beheaded Abdul-Rahman Kassig, formerly known as Peter Kassig, in a new video posted online early Sunday.
ISIS
The video shows a black-clad man with a British accent standing over a severed head.
"This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen of your country," the man says to the camera. "Peter, who fought against the Muslims in Iraq while serving as a soldier under the American army doesn't have much to say."
Kassig is a humanitarian aid worker who converted to Islam while in captivity. He also changed his name from Peter to Abdul-Rahman. He was en route to Deir Ezzour, in Syria, while working for his aid organzation when he was first "detained."
The Kassig Family
ISIS first publicly threatened to kill Kassig in early October. In the ensuing weeks, his family appealed directly to ISIS and the organization's self-described caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, for mercy. In their appeals, Kassig's family cited his humanitarian work and conversion to Islam.
In late October, a prominent Syrian Jihadist also asked ISIS to spare Kassig's life. Abu Omar Aqidi is a member of a group linked to Al-Qaeda, but said he was treated once by Kassig, who was trained as an EMT and medic.
A number of Kassig's friends also called for his release.
Before becoming an aid worker, Kassig was an Army Ranger. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007 and was later honorably discharged for medical reasons.
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