British Aid Worker Held By IS Militants
Updated: 6:10pm UK, Thursday 04 September 2014
David Cawthorne Haines is an aid worker with more than a decade of experience in areas including South Sudan, Libya and the former Yugoslavia.
A father-of-two, he was abducted in March 2013 at a Syrian refugee camp close to the Turkish border, according to aid workers.
The 44-year-old grew up in Perth, Scotland, but is believed to have lived in Croatia with his wife Dragana, where he was a consultant director at Astraea - a kitchen supply company.
He had previously been a security manager with the Belgium-based Nonviolent Peaceforce.
Tiffany Eastholm, of the group, confirmed Mr Haines had worked with the company for six months in 2012 in South Sudan.
She told NBC News he was "very familiar with insecure locations". She added: "He was very caring, had a good sense of humour."
Mr Haines is thought to have gone to Syria with Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development (ACTED), a French international relief agency founded in 1993.
The threat to his life came in a video which showed US hostage Steven Sotloff being killed by a masked militant.
In the video footage of Mr Sotloff's murder, a masked Islamic State (IS) militant says: "We take this opportunity to warn those governments who have entered this evil alliance with America against the Islamic State to back off and leave our people alone."
Mr Haines, wearing an orange jumpsuit, is shown to the camera as the militant grabs his collar and a caption underneath gives his name.
He is thought to have been captured along with Italian aid worker Federico Motka, 31, who was released in May.
British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said the UK was looking at "every possible option to protect" Mr Haines after he appeared in the video.
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