'David Cameron, I hold you entirely responsible for my execution': British hostage forced to condemn UK government before beheading by Jihadi John who threatens to kill another Briton next
Father-of-two from Perth, Scotland, abducted by militants in Syria last year
Video released hours after 44-year-old's family made direct plea to captors
PM vows to hunt down 'murderers' after what he called 'act of pure evil'
Islamic State extremists have released a video showing the beheading of British captive David Haines.
The father-of-two, an aid worker, was abducted by militants in Syria last year and appeared at the end of a video showing the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff earlier this month.
The Foreign Office was working urgently tonight to verify the contents of the video, in which the hostage says he holds David Cameron and Britain's foreign policy responsible for his own execution.
The Prime Minister said: 'The murder of David Haines is an act of pure evil. My heart goes out to his family who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude.
'We will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers and ensure they face justice, however long it takes.'
Islamic State militants have released a video which appears to show the beheading of British hostage David Haines. The Prime Minister said the aid worker had been murdered in an 'act of pure evil' and promised justice
In the video, titled A Message to the Allies of America, a second British hostage is paraded before the camera
Hostage: Mr Haines was taken while working for relief agency ACTED in Syria in March 2013
In the video, titled A Message to the Allies of America, the extremists also threaten to execute another Briton who is paraded before the camera.
It begins with recent news footage of Prime Minister David Cameron discussing Britain's foreign policy towards Islamic State.
It then cuts to the man kneeling in the video, who says: 'My name is David Cawthorne Haines. I would like to declare that I hold you David Cameron entirely responsible for my execution.
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