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UK's Cameron returns to London to discuss Islamic State video

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20-08-2014 | 05:27

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British Prime Minister David Cameron will interrupt his holiday and return to London on Wednesday after a video released by the Islamic State purportedly showed the beheading of a U.S. journalist featuring comments by a man with a British accent.

"If true, the brutal murder of James Foley is shocking and depraved," a statement from Cameron's office said.

"He will meet with the Foreign Secretary and senior officials from the Home Office, Foreign Office and the agencies to discuss the situation in Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by ISIL terrorists."

In turn, British counter-terrorism police said they had launched an investigation into the Islamic State video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley and featuring the voice of a man with a British accent.

The Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command, that aims to protect London and the UK from the threat of terrorism, said in a statement that it was investigating the contents of the video that was posted online.

"We would like to remind the public that viewing, downloading or disseminating extremist material within the UK may constitute an offense under Terrorism legislation," the specialist operations unit added in the statement.

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