"All I want to do is just burst into tears"-Henning brother in law

  • 10 years ago
A yellow ribbon with the words "Free Alan" is still tied to a lamppost in Salford England.

But on Friday after nine months of captivity Alan Henning was murdered -- beheaded by Islamic State militants.

His brother-in-law Colin Livesey can barely talk about it.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) COLIN LIVESEY, THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF MURDERED BRITISH HOSTAGE, ALAN HENNING SAYING:

"It's very hard. I just don't know, I just don't know the emotions of what I'm feeling at the moment. All I'm feeling is for my sister and her two kids. I feel for them so much because I love them so much. The emotions that I've got is for my sister and her two kids. I'm so emotionally drained I'm not thinking straight. All I want to do is just burst into tears but I can't do that. I have to be strong for my sister and her two kids, I really have to."

Henning was the fourth Western hostage to be beheaded by IS.

Now the parents of another western aid worker -- Peter Kassig are pleading with

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