British Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group and has vowed to bring his killers to justice.
"The brutal murder of Alan Henning by ISIL (another term for IS jihadists) shows just how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are," Cameron said in a statement released by his Downing Street office on Friday.
"We will do all we can to hunt down these murderers and bring them to justice."
A video that emerged on Friday showed Henning on his knees against a desert backdrop and wearing an orange prison-style outfit, as a masked militant stood over him wielding a combat knife. The video then showed his beheading.
Henning, a 47-year-old from Manchester in northwest England who volunteered to drive in an aid convoy to Syria for Muslim charity Aid4Syria, was kidnapped 10 months ago.
Cameron said the fact Henning was captured and killed while trying to help others "demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ISIL terrorists".
He added that his "thoughts and prayers" were with Henning's wife Barbara, their children and friends.
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