IS claims to have killed second reporter
The Islamic State group, which has claimed wide swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq and declared itself a caliphate, said that Sotloff’s killing was retribution for continued US air strikes targeting its fighters in Iraq. It killed American journalist James Foley last month in the same manner and again threatened to kill another hostage.
Sotloff, 31, who freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines, was last seen in Syria in August 2013, before he briefly appeared in the video released online last month by Islamic State that showed the beheading of Foley.
