Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Venizelos’ statement regarding the killing of British citizen David Haines

“The abhorrent murder of Briton David Haines by the executioners of the so-called ‘Islamic Caliphate’ is yet another irrational act of barbarity, another heinous crime of this terrorist organization that exclusively targets innocent citizens and civilians.

We express our condolences to the victim’s family and to the citizens of Great Britain, and our solidarity with all of the populations and communities in the region suffering the ordeal of the base regime of the ‘Islamic State’.

This new brutal crime of the jihadist extremists of the ‘Islamic Caliphate’ strengthens the international community’s resolve to do whatever is necessary to bring the perpetrators to justice and to obliterate the threat that this organization poses to the prosperity of the region’s peoples and to peace.”

September 14, 2014