Alan Henning

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Alan Henning (born August 15, 1967 in Eccles , Lancashire , † September or October 2014 ) was a British development worker who was beheaded by the terrorist organization Islamic State .

Alan Henning had worked as a taxi driver in Salford before joining the aid organization Aid4Syria in 2013 . The married father of two made several trips to Syria as a participant in aid convoys to transport supplies to refugee camps. On December 27, 2013, he was captured by the IS near Al-Dana near Aleppo .

After the US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff had been beheaded in front of the camera, IS threatened the murder of Henning in a video from September 13, 2014. The same video had recently shown the beheading of the British David Cawthorne Haines . Henning's wife appealed to the kidnappers to release her husband. A video recording was released on October 3, 2014, during which Henning was beheaded by Jihadi John . The deed itself could not be seen, only the decapitated corpse. Subsequently, the killing of the American Peter Kassig was announced if further attacks on IS were to take place. British Prime Minister David Cameron then declared that he wanted to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IS jihadists apparently murder British hostages welt.de, October 3, 2014
  2. ^ Alan Henning: An ordinary man who wanted to help Syrians bbc.com, October 3, 2014
  3. ↑ Wife pleads for the release of British IS hostage spiegel.de, September 21, 2014
  4. ↑ Islamic State murders British hostage spiegel.de, October 3, 2014
  5. ↑ Cameron announces revenge for beheaded hostage spiegel.de, October 4, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Henning, Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British development worker
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Eccles , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH September 2014 or October 2014