FBI chief calls Islamic terror group 'savages'

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Town Hall:

DENVER (AP) — Islamic State extremists who executed journalist James Foley are "savages" who must be brought to justice, said FBI Director James Comey, whose agents are directly involved in the investigation into the killing.

 

Comey said his agency had been investigating Foley's kidnapping for two years until Tuesday, when the militants released a video showing his beheading in Syria. They also threatened to kill a second hostage, Steven Sotloff, if U.S. airstrikes against the militants in Iraq continued.

 

"These savages have turned it into a homicide investigation," Comey said, speaking to reporters during a visit to the FBI's Denver field office. "I'm highly confident the U.S. government will bring justice to these people. We are very patient and dogged, and we will never forget."

 

Comey wouldn't say whether authorities have determined when the video of Foley's killing was taken. But he said it underscores the urgent danger posed by the extremists in Syria, which he said has become a "safe haven and training ground" for terrorists from Western Europe, North America and elsewhere.