Alan Henning

This article is about the Manchester aid worker beheaded by ISIL. For the South African golfer, see Allan Henning.

Alan Henning
Born(1967-08-15)15 August 1967
Eccles, Lancashire, England
DisappearedDecember 2013
Al-Dana, Syria
Diedc. 3 October 2014(2014-10-03) (aged 47)
Cause of deathMurder by beheading
OccupationsTaxi driver
Aid worker
SpouseBarbara
Children2

Alan Henning (15 August 1967 – c. 3 October 2014) was an English taxicab driver-turned-volunteer humanitarian aid worker. He became the fourth Western hostage killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with his killing publicised in a beheading video.

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