Hostage status
Hostage nationality
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American or British
Freed
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Killed
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James Foley, American journalist
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John Cantlie, British journalist
2
Mr. Foley and Mr. Cantlie were the first in the group to be abducted, and Mr. Foley was the first to be publicly beheaded.
Sergey Gorbunov, Russian engineer*
3
The militants killed Mr. Gorbunov and showed the other hostages a video of his body.
Federico Motka, Italian aid worker
4
David Cawthorne Haines, British aid worker
5
Mr. Haines was the third hostage to be publicly beheaded.
Daniel Rye Ottosen, Danish photojournalist
6
Mr. Ottosen was one of several prisoners who succeeded in smuggling out letters to the families of remaining hostages.
Didier François, French journalist
7
Edouard Elias, French photojournalist
8
Toni Neukirch, German citizen
9
Nicolas Hénin, French journalist
10
Pierre Torres, French photojournalist
11
Steven J. Sotloff, American journalist
12
Mr. Sotloff was kidnapped minutes after entering Syria. He was beheaded shortly after Mr. Foley.
Female American aid worker
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Marc Marginedas, Spanish war correspondent
14
Javier Espinosa, Spanish journalist
15
Ricardo García Vilanova, Spanish photojournalist
16
Peter Kassig, American aid worker
17
President Obama called the killing of Mr. Kassig “an act of pure evil.”
Alan Henning, British aid worker
18
Mr. Henning cashed in his savings to buy a used ambulance. He was the fourth hostage beheaded.
Belgian aid worker
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Danish aid worker
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Swiss aid worker
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Swedish aid worker
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Peruvian aid worker
23
Five workers from Doctors Without Borders were taken from a field hospital in January. Three were released in April and two in May.
Where the hostages were captured
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