'I'm back, Obama': ISIS executioner Jihadi John taunts President as he beheads second US journalist, Steven Sotloff . . . and then threatens to kill a Briton next

  • Steven Sotloff, 31, from Miami, was captured in Syria in August 2013
  • The video is titled 'A Second Message to America'
  • In the video, Sotloff describes himself as 'paying the price' for the Obama administration’s decision to attack ISIS in Iraq
  • Executioner threatens to kill Briton held hostage by ISIS next
  • Sotloff freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines
  • Family of Steven Sotloff said they 'know of this horrific tragedy and are grieving privately'
  • Sotloff was the grandson of Holocaust survivors
  • The White House today said: 'Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr Sotloff and Mr Sotloff's family’
  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the whole world was 'outraged' by the content of the video
ISIS has released a video that shows the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff and says the murder is retaliation for the Obama administration’s continued airstrikes in Iraq.
Sotloff is the second American journalist to be killed by ISIS, and his death comes two weeks after James Foley was executed in a similar video.
In the video entitled 'A Second Message to America,' Sotloff appears in a orange jumpsuit before he is beheaded by an Islamic State fighter.
The executioner appears to be the same man who killed Foley – known as ‘Jihadi John’ - and tells the camera: 'I’m back, Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State.'
He also threatens to kill a Briton held hostage by the group next. The identity of the hostage is widely available online, but MailOnline is not identifying him at the request of the British government.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that the world was 'outraged' at what they had seen. 
'We are all outraged at reports from Iraq about the brutal killing of civilians by ISIL, including yesterday's (Tuesdays) reported brutal beheading of another journalist,' he said.
Murder: American journalist Steven Sotloff pictured in an ISIS video before he was executed. He was killed two weeks after James Foley died in the same way
Murder: American journalist Steven Sotloff pictured in an ISIS video before he was executed. He was killed two weeks after James Foley died in the same way
Challenge to Obama: The ISIS executioner taunts the President before he kills US journalist Steven Sotloff. He is thought to be the same militant who killed James Foley and tells the President 'I'm back'
Challenge to Obama: The ISIS executioner taunts the President before he kills US journalist Steven Sotloff. He is thought to be the same militant who killed James Foley and tells the President 'I'm back'
Threat to kill Briton next: A British hostage, who the Mail Online is not identifying, was brought on screen as ISIS militants said they would kill him next
Threat to kill Briton next: A British hostage, who the Mail Online is not identifying, was brought on screen as ISIS militants said they would kill him next


Last week: Shirley Sotloff appealed directly for the return of her son, SteveN Sofloff last week. On Tuesday, ISIS released a video that purported to show the beheading of her son online
Last week: Shirley Sotloff appealed directly for the return of her son, SteveN Sofloff last week. On Tuesday, ISIS released a video that purported to show the beheading of her son online
Last week: Sotloff's mother Shirley appealed directly for the return of her son last week. On Tuesday, ISIS released a video that purported to show the beheading of her son online

British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the video, calling it ‘an absolutely disgusting and despicable act’. 
He said he will chair a COBR meeting on the threat to a UK citizen tomorrow, and added: ‘My thoughts and prayers are with Mr Sotloff’s family and friends tonight as they deal with this appalling and tragic situation.’
‘We have already been working hard to keep British people safe and we will continue to do all we can to protect our country and our people from these barbaric terrorists.’
President Obama this afternoon boarded Air Force One and flew to Estonia ahead of a NATO summit without addressing the nation. The White House said the President's 'thoughts and prayers' were with the Sotloff family.
Sotloff, 31, from Miami, who freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines, vanished in Syria in August 2013 and was not seen again until he appeared in a video released online last month that showed Foley's beheading. He was the grandson of Holocaust survivors.
In the new video that shows the killing of Sotloff, the executioner points his knife menacingly at the camera as he speaks.
Clad in the same black garb he wore during Foley’s execution, the killer has a pistol strapped under his arm in a shoulder holster. The black flag of the Islamic State can be seen waving in the background.

'I'M BACK OBAMA': MASKED EXECUTIONERS CHILLING THREAT TO CAMERA


Executioner:
Taunting Obama: Sotloff's masked executioner tells the camera that the killing is in retaliation for US airstrikes in Iraq

'I’m back Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic state, because of your insistence on continuing your bombings and … on Mosul Dam, despite our serious warnings. You Obama, have but to gain from your actions but another American citizen. So just as your missiles continue to strike out people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.
'We take this opportunity to warn those governments that enter this evil alliance of America against the Islamic State to back off and leave our people alone'
Sotloff calmly reads a statement moments before his murder. ‘I’m sure you know exactly who I am by now and why I am appearing,' he says.
He adds to the camera: ‘Obama, your foreign policy of intervention in Iraq was supposed to be for preservation of American lives and interests, so why is it that I am paying the price of your interference with my life?’
While he speaks, a militant calmly holds a knife at his side and stands next to Sotloff.