On September 24, they carried through on threats to behead him after a 24-hour deadline passed.[28] The beheading was captured in a video titled "A Message of Blood for French Government."[29][30] Alan Henning (August 15, 1967 – c. October 3, 2014)[31] was a British humanitarian aid worker.[32] Henning was the fourth Western hostage killed by ISIL.