In a new video released Sunday, a masked man member of the ultra-radical group says Peter Kassig young man abducted in Syria in 2013, was executed. The President of the United States described the murder as “absolute evil”.

The escalation of the horror perpetrated by the Islamic State continues. In a video posted Sunday, the group Islamic State(EI) claims the execution by beheading of American hostage Peter Kassig abducted in Syria in 2013.

Unlike previous executions of hostages shot by the EI, the record does not show the beheading but we see a man, masked, standing a head covered with blood at his feet. “This is Peter Edward Kassig, an American citizen,” said the man with a British accent. This could be the same seen on previous videos of similar performance.

Sunday night, the president of the United States Barack Obama confirmed the death of Peter Kassig calling the killing of “absolute evil”.

“These are crimes against humanity, they are barbaric acts and that’s why France can not remain indifferent,” said Francois Hollande from Noumea. The White House and British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed their horror.

In the same video about fifteen minutes – whose realization is carefully crafted and staged – jihadists, unmasked, are shown being beheaded fifteen men presented as soldiers of the Syrian regime of Bashar el Assad.

The masked man warns that the next victims will be American soldiers.In this video, the IC also has its expansion plan.