Sotloff Beheading Video Is Authentic, White House Says

The United States said Wednesday that a video showing the beheading of a second U.S. journalist by Islamist militants is authentic, The Associated Press reported. ISIS extremists on Tuesday released the video showing freelance reporter Steven Sotloff's beheading, two weeks after releasing a video showing the killing of journalist James Foley. Last week, Sotloff's mother, Shirley Sotloff, pleaded with his captors to spare her son's life saying in a video that her son was "an innocent journalist." A spokesman for the Sotloff family said Tuesday they were grieving after having seen the video.

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