Islamic State insurgents have posted a video apparently showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley. Intelligence agencies are trying to identify masked killer, who has a British accent, as Foley’s mother says ‘he was an extraordinary son’
US journalist James Foley ‘beheaded by IS’ – latest.
Profile: James Foley, US journalist beheaded by Islamic State
James Foley was reporting Syria was captured in 2012
A video released on Tuesday shows his beheading.
He was abducted in Syria in November 2012, while reporting on the civil war for Agence France-Press (AFP) and US media company GlobalPost.
On his way through northern Syria, in Idlib province, his vehicle was stopped by militants. He was never seen again.
It is estimated that about 20 journalists are missing in Syria, according to the US Committee to Protect Journalists.
Foley, 40, came from the US city of Rochester in New Hampshire.
He was a teacher in Arizona, Massachusetts and Chicago before switching to journalism in the mid-2000s.
After graduating from the Medill School of Journalism, he began his work in the field.
His curiosity about the reality of places like Iraq, where his brother was serving as an officer in the US air force, led him to embed himself with US troops there.
James Foley's capture in Libya had a profound impact on him, but did not deter him from going to Syria