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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Hall

‘I hoped it was a cruel joke’: Mother of James Foley describes torment of son’s public killing by Isis

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The mother of an American journalist murdered by Isis told a court of her “incredible shock” at finding out about her son’s death in harrowing testimony.

Diane Foley, the mother of James Foley, was notified of his killing in a phone call from another journalist in August 2014, nearly two years after his kidnapping while on assignment in Syria.

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