--- description: A new video appears to show the execution of British aid worker Alan Henning and threatens a similar fate for American Peter Edward Kassig title: ISIL: Video Purports to Show ISIS Beheading of Briton Alan Henning image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Middle East](/tag/middle-east/) ## Middle East Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Video Depicts ISIS Execution of British Aid Worker, Threatens American ## Video: Kassig Family Message to ISIS [Watch (HLS stream): Kassig Family Message to ISIS](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GVzOSw8D.m3u8) (2:57)  _Published 2014-10-04. Kassig Family Message 10-4-14_  by [Andrew Katz](/author/andrew-katz/)  ## Andrew Katz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 10:20 PM CUT  by [Andrew Katz](/author/andrew-katz/)  ## Andrew Katz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 10:20 PM CUT **Updated Saturday, Oct. 4** A video released Friday by the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) appears to show the execution of British aid worker Alan Henning. A man identified as [Peter Edward Kassig](http://nation.time.com/2013/01/08/an-army-ranger-turned-refugee-helper/ "undefined"), an American, is then threatened with a similar fate. U.S. intelligence officials had not yet authenticated the video Friday evening, but it follows the pattern of other execution videos released by ISIS. “The brutal murder of Alan Henning by \[ISIS\] shows just how barbaric these terrorists are,” British Prime Minister David Cameron [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/David%5FCameron/status/518145426542059520 "undefined"). “My thoughts are with his wife and their children.” The White House also released a statement: --- > “” --- Henning, 47, was thought to have been abducted in Syria last December, shortly after crossing the border from Turkey in an aid convoy. Henning’s wife and family released the following statement Saturday morning: --- > “” --- --- > “” --- Kassig, a former Army Ranger who deployed to Iraq in 2007, [spoke with TIME](http://nation.time.com/2013/01/08/an-army-ranger-turned-refugee-helper/ "undefined") in January 2013 about his humanitarian work and beginning an aid group called Special Emergency Response and Assistance. --- > “” --- Kassig’s family released this video statement Saturday morning: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3462526/isis-execution-iraq-syria-alan-henning/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3462526/isis-execution-iraq-syria-alan-henning/"},"headline":"Video Depicts ISIS Execution of British Aid Worker, Threatens American","datePublished":"2014-10-03T22:20:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:35:21.422Z","description":"Alan Henning was thought to have been abducted in Syria last December","url":"https://time.com/3462526/isis-execution-iraq-syria-alan-henning/","keywords":["Middle East","Syria","Iraq","ISIS","Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Katz","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-katz/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/middle-east/","name":"Middle East"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3462526/isis-execution-iraq-syria-alan-henning/","name":"Video Depicts ISIS Execution of British Aid Worker, Threatens American"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kassig Family Message to ISIS","description":"Kassig Family Message 10-4-14","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/GVzOSw8D/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-04T15:03:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GVzOSw8D.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3462526/isis-execution-iraq-syria-alan-henning/","duration":"PT2M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3462526/isis-execution-iraq-syria-alan-henning/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```