A British Muslim leader has called for action to tackle a jihadi subculture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley in Syria.
In Washington, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation into the death of Foley, who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants. The video featured a masked man speaking English with a British accent.
As Western officials tried to identify the man, the Muslim Council of Britain denounced Foley's "abhorrent murder" and one of its advisers urged anyone who knows who the killer is to contact the police.