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Breaking: US journalist reportedly beheaded by ISIS militants.

James Foley. (Picture: Twitter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In breaking news this morning, a US photojournalist has reportedly been beheaded by ISIS militants.

Unconfirmed footage and photos of the moment James Wright Foley was killed has been uploaded to Twitter in what is reportedly a message to US president Barack Obama to stop intervening in Iraq.

In the video, titled  ‘A message to America’, Foley says “I call on my friends, family members and loved ones to rise up against my real killers, the U.S. government.'”

Forty-year-old Wright Foley was a freelance journalist and experienced war reporter who was kidnapped in Syria in November 2012.

The Free James Foley Facebook page posted a message this morning that says:

“We know that many of you are looking for confirmation or answers. Please be patient until we all have more information and keep the Foleys in your thoughts and prayers.”

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today he had not seen the video, but was was sickened by the reports.

“It’s absolutely sickening, absolutely despicable,” he said, speaking on Brisbane’s 4BC radio.

“It’s a sign that there can be no compromise whatsoever with the murderous terrorists of the ISIL movment,” he said.

“This is as near to pure evil as we are ever likely to see.”

More to come. 

 

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