James Foley might have been executed by U.K.'s 'hip-hop jihadist,' reports British media

James Foley might have been executed by U.K.&#039;s &#039;hip-hop jihadist,&#039; reports British media — (Image credit: YouTube)

British intelligence officials said Sunday that they might be close to identifying the shrouded Islamist who murdered American journalist James Foley. The killer spoke English with a British accent in the video of the killing posted online. British media reported that intelligence sources suspect a British national named Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, aka L Jinny, who has several rap videos on YouTube and is known as Britain's "hip-hop jihadist." Read more at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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