A video purporting to show UK hostage Alan Henning being beheaded has been relea

sed by Islamic State militants.

The Salford taxi driver was delivering aid to Syria in December when he was kidn
apped and then held hostage by IS.
IS threatened to kill him in footage last month showing the death of Briton Davi
d Haines, and in this video they threaten US aid worker Peter Kassig.
David Cameron said Britain would do all it could "to hunt down these murderers a
nd bring them to justice".
The prime minister said the killing of father-of-two Mr Henning, 47, showed "how
barbaric and repulsive" IS was.
"My thoughts and prayers tonight are with Alan's wife Barbara, their children an
d all those who loved him," he said.
"Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of
need."
Mr Henning's wife Barbara had this week appealed for her husband's release, sayi
ng: "He is innocent."