A Jordanian pilot held by ISIS appears to be killed in a new video released by the terror group today.
The pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, is shown in an orange jumpsuit in an outdoor cell before he is set on fire.
The undated video of al-Kaseasbeh’s apparent death comes just days after ISIS uploaded another video showing what appeared to be the decapitated head of a Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto.
Last week the Jordanian government had offered to release an al Qaeda prisoner in exchange for al-Kaseasbeh, but officials said ISIS failed to prove that the pilot was alive. In addition, while ISIS said then they would release Goto for the al Qaeda prisoner, they did not offer al-Kaseasbeh’s freedom.
In the last months ISIS has released a string of disturbing videos in which hostages, including several Western civilians, are decapitated, but death by fire appears to be a new tactic.
A U.S. intelligence official said the intelligence community is "aware of the video and [is] working to authenticate it."
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