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ISIL claim execution of American hostage Peter Kassig

ISIL claim execution of American hostage Peter Kassig
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Ultra-radical group ISIL has claimed the execution of American hostage Peter Kassig, according to reports.

The group, which has claimed the killing of four other Western hostages since August, released a video showing a masked man standing next to a severed head, report AFP.

Kassig was abducted in Syria in 2013.

Picture: An earlier news conference calling for Kassig’s release

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