The James Foley-beheading is one of the saddest moments for American people in modern times. Foley is the journalist captured by ISIS terrorists and eventually killed by beheading this week, with the even captured and shown to the world through a video recorded by the militants themselves. He was kidnapped in December 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising.
A few days later,
So far, the clues people know about the killer is that he's British because of his accent, he is left-handed and part of a group of Brits called the Beatles that is based in ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, and is the main negotiator in the release of 11 IS hostages earlier this year.
NBC also reported that "a U.S. Department of Justice official said that "all of the tools at our disposal" is being used to hold Foley's killers "accountable."
Ex London Rapper Investigated For Possible Involvement In James Foley-Beheading
Meanwhile, a former rapper who used to be based in London is now a person of interest with regards to the identity of the James Foley killer. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 24, who was known as L Jinny or Lyricist Jinn, is now residing in Syria and is believed to be working with jihadists. According to a report by UK's the Independent, Bary came to international attention after he posted a photo of himself earlier this year holding a severed head with the caption "Chillin' with my homie or what's left of him."
Bary reportedly travelled to the country last year from Maida Vale, west London, where he lived with his mother and five siblings.
His father Adel Abdul Bary, an Egyptian refugee thought to be one of Osama Bin Laden's closes lieutenants, was extradited from Britain to the United States on charges of terrorism in 2012 for his alleged roles in the bombings of two US embassies in east Africa in 1998.
Bary also has a song called "The Beginning" with lyrics somehow depicting revenge.
"Give me the pride and the honour like my father, I swear the day they came and took my dad, I could have killed a cop or two," Bary raps.
"Imagine then I was only six, picture what I'd do now with a loaded stick. Like boom bang fine, I'm wishing you were dead, violate my brothers and I'm filling you with lead."
According to a sound expert that compared Bary's voice from his song to that of James Foley's killer, there's a "big likeness" between the two.
