London Beheading

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  Another ISIS Jailer Who Held Western Hostages Identified As Londoner

  A member of a British cohort within the Islamic State that oversaw the brutal detention and beheading of Western hostages in Syria has been identified as Alexanda Kotey, a 32-year-old convert to Islam who grew up in West London.

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  Jihadi John, Islamic State Executioner, is Computer Programmer, Says Media

  "Jihadi John", the masked Islamic State militant apparently responsible for the beheading of western hostages, was today named as London man Mohammed Emwazi by the Washington Post and the BBC.

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  BBC Names 'Jihadi John' Suspect in Islamic State Beheading Videos

  The BBC said on Thursday it had learned that the "Jihadi John" suspect who has featured in several Islamic State beheading videos is Mohammed Emwazi from London.

• Families of Slain UK Aid Workers Call for Unity

  Families of two British aid workers killed by the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday urged people of all faiths to unite against the militants' "hateful acts."

• Man in Court After Woman, 82, 'Beheaded' in London Garden

  A man appeared in court Saturday charged with the murder of an 82-year-old woman reportedly found beheaded with a machete in her suburban London garden.

• Man Charged After Woman 'Found Beheaded' in London Garden

  A man has been charged with the murder of a pensioner in north London, police said late on Friday, following media reports that a woman was found beheaded in a back garden.

• Woman 'Found Beheaded' in London Garden

  A woman was reportedly found beheaded in a back garden in north London on Thursday.

• Iraq Works to Ease Tensions After Mosque Attack Kills 70

  Iraqi officials worked on Saturday to calm soaring tensions after the killing of 70 people at a Sunni mosque, as Washington branded the beheading of an American journalist a "terrorist attack."

• Men tried to behead UK soldier in 'humane' way, court hears

  A man on trial for the gruesome murder of a British soldier tried to behead him because he thought it the most "humane" way to kill him, comparing it to halal butchery, a court heard on Thursday.

• Facebook works to warn users about violent content

  Facebook announced on Tuesday it was working on new ways to keep users from stumbling across gruesome content on its website following an outcry over the discovery of beheading videos there.

• Second suspect charged over London soldier murder: police

  The second prime suspect in the killing of a British soldier who was hacked to death on a London street was charged with his murder on Saturday, police said.

• UK soldier's killing: police charge suspect with murder

  One of two suspects shot by the UK police at the scene of last week's terror attack on a London street in which a British soldier was beheaded has been charged with the murder.

• French soldier's stabbing could be act of terrorism: minister

  The stabbing of a French soldier near Paris by a man who is still on the run bore the hallmarks of Islamist terrorism, the interior minister said on Sunday, and police said it may have been inspired by the murder of a British serviceman in London.

• Suspected killer of British soldier was held in Kenya

  One of two men arrested over the murder of a British soldier in a London street was detained in Kenya in 2010 on suspicion of seeking to train with an al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia, Kenyan police said on Sunday.

• British spies 'tried to recruit' Islamist attacker

  Britain's intelligence agencies came under fresh scrutiny on Saturday following claims that MI5 had tried to recruit one of two Islamists accused of butchering a soldier in London.