ISIL beheading incidents

ISIS militants detained Asaad for over a month before his murder, his family said

It has happened again. This time Nice, a lovely city on France's Mediterranean coast, has been attacked. The mass murderer drove a huge truck into a large crowd of people who had just celebrated the Bastille Day, the national day of France. He pumped the gas viciously and made zig-zags in order to kill as many people as he could.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) confirmed on Jan. 19 the death of British extremist "Jihadi John", saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in November.

Turkish authorities foiled a plot to stage a "major" attack in Istanbul on the same day as the deadly gun and suicide attacks in Paris, a senior official said on Nov. 15.

A suspected associate of British ISIL leader 'Jihadi John' is being held by authorities in Turkey, Reuters quotes senior Turkish officials as sayingA suspected associate of British Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader "Jihadi John" is being held by authorities in Turkey, Reuters quoted two senior Turkish officials as saying on Nov.

The ISIS terrorist dubbed by the media as “Jihadi John” is believed to be dead following a United States air strike on Thursday. Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, was thought to be killed as he left a building in Raqqa, Syria, in what U.S. officials call a “flawless” and “clean hit”.

Members of the excavation team working at the ruins of Antioch of Pisidia in the western province of Isparta have staged a sit in at the ancient site to protest the brutal execution of their colleague, Syrian archaeologist Khalid al-Assad, at the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.

Croatian PM Zoran Milanovic said on Wednesday afternoon he was unable to confirm that a Croatian citizen held by Islamic State in Egypt had been killed.

The reported execution of Croatian worker Tomislav Salopek on Wednesday adds to the grim tally of Western hostages that ISIS has subjected to the barbaric medieval practice of beheading. 

Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek has been beheaded in Egypt, the Zagreb-based daily Jutranji List is reporting on Wednesday.

Salopek was kidnapped by Islamic State extremists.