--- description: More than 1,600 French nationals are involved with ISIS title: France Names Maxime Hauchard as an Executioner in Peter Kassig Video 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 * [Syria](/tag/syria/) ## Syria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # French Citizen Identified in ISIS Execution Video by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 17, 2014 7:54 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 17, 2014 7:54 PM CUT France identified one of its citizens Monday as an executioner in the latest ISIS video showing the beheading of an American hostage. A prosecutor in Paris identified him as Maxime Hauchard, 22, a convert to Islam whom French authorities have been tracking for years. He recently posted pictures of himself in fatigues in Syria. He also gave an interview to a French television network in July and claimed part of the credit for ISIS’ capture of the Iraqi city of Mosul. Hauchard converted at 16 and has a felony conviction for driving without insurance, said the prosecutor, Francois Molins. He attended an… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/france-names-maxime-hauchard-executioner-peter-kassig-video-n250186?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3590105/executioner-peter-kassig-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3590105/executioner-peter-kassig-video/"},"headline":"French Citizen Identified in ISIS Execution Video","datePublished":"2014-11-17T19:54:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:29:28.510Z","description":"More than 1,600 French nationals are involved with ISIS","url":"https://time.com/3590105/executioner-peter-kassig-video/","keywords":["Syria","France","Iraq","ISIS","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"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/syria/","name":"Syria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3590105/executioner-peter-kassig-video/","name":"French Citizen Identified in ISIS Execution Video"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why So Many Foreign Fighters Join ISIS","description":"A growing number of foreigners is joining the Islamic militant group - but why?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xvTQSd5R/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-05T19:18:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xvTQSd5R.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3590105/executioner-peter-kassig-video/","duration":"PT2M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3590105/executioner-peter-kassig-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```