Father of UK medical student believes his son is in Peter Kassig's beheading video
Sunday's video showed most of the killers unmasked
London: A father said on Monday he believed his son, a British medical student, was among a squad of Islamic State jihadists filmed beheading Syrian soldiers in the desert in a video posted online on Sunday.
Ahmed Muthana told the Daily Mail newspaper his 20-year-old son Nasser Muthana appeared to be among a group of 16 jihadists who were seen on a video, which also showed the decapitated head of American hostage Peter Kassig, an aid worker.
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This undated file photo provided by the Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig standing in
front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. A new graphic video
purportedly produced by Islamic State militants in Syria released Sunday Nov. 16, 2014
claims U.S. aid worker Kassig was beheaded. (Photo: AP)
"I cannot be certain, but it looks like my son," said Ahmed Muthana, who lives in the Welsh city Cardiff.
"He must fear Allah now for killing people. How can he expect to face Allah if he is killing human beings?"
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Nasser Muthana is said to appear in the sickening video which
shows the decapitated body of an American aid worker.
The announcement of Kassig's death, the fifth such killing of a Western captive by the Islamic State, formed part of a 15-minute video in which Islamic State showed the beheadings of at least 14 men it said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Islamic State has previously released videos of the beheading of two American and two British men which feature a masked, black-clad militant brandishing a knife and speaking with an English accent, who has been dubbed "Jihadi John" by British media.
Sunday's video showed most of the killers unmasked and the Daily Mail said the man who appeared to be Nasser Muthana was standing alongside Jihadi John.
Read: Islamic State claims beheading of US aid worker Peter Kassig in video
The 16 followers of Jihadi John prepare to behead the Syrian soldiers they have held
hostage. Nasser Muthana from Cardiff is to the right of John, who is dressed in black
with a balaclava. (Photo: YouTube Grab)
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