UK says verifying video of aid worker's beheading

British Prime Minister David Cameron

Sept. 13, 2014

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The UK Foreign Office said late Saturday it was "working urgently to verify" a video purporting to show beheading of a British hostage by the militant group Islamic State in Syria, local media reported.

The Foreign Office said that it was trying to confirm the authenticity of the video purporting to show the death of aid worker David Haines, who was kidnapped last year in Syria.

If true it was another "disgusting murder," the Foreign Office said, adding that it was offering support to Haines' family.

Islamic State militant group running amok in Syria and Iraq has beheaded two U.S. journalists and has earlier threatened to kill Haines if U.S. airstrikes in Iraq were not halted.