French prosecutors said Monday they were investigating two Frenchmen suspected of taking part in the beheading of Syrian prisoners shown in an Islamic State video. The prosecutor's office confirmed the first was 22-year-old Maxime Hauchard from Normandy in northern France.
The identity of the possible second Frenchman was not given, but state prosecutor Francois Molins said an arrest warrant was released for him in October 2013. "Considering some elements of resemblance, it could be a young convert born in 1992 who left to join the Islamic State ranks in August 2013," Molins said. Both men are seen in a brutal video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday which features the killing of 18 Syrian prisoners and a US aid worker. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve earlier told reporters that Hauchard left for Syria "in August 2013 after a stay in Mauritania in 2012".
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