Islamic State beheads 2nd captive Lebanese soldier
BEIRUT - The mother of a Lebanese soldier held captive by the militant Islamic State group said photographs posted online Saturday purporting to show his beheading appeared to be real.
Zeinab Noun said her 20-year-old son, Abbas Medlej, was "sacrificed" after supporters of the militant group posted images appearing to show a captured Lebanese soldier before and after he was beheaded.
"My son was sacrificed," said Noun, clutching a passport-sized photo of her son, a handsome, smooth-faced young man.
Medlej's maternal uncle, Abu Ali Noun, also said the photographs appeared to be of his nephew. A spokesman for Lebanon's military said it was still investigating the incident.
