Catholic Online links to amateur footage
purporting to show the 49-year-old's horrific death and reports: "The
Vatican is confirming the death by beheading of Franciscan Father, Francois
Murad, who was martyred by Syrian jihadists on June 23."
It shows a man the channel understands is the
priest, sitting cross-legged with his hands bound, alongside two other men
while fighters surround them chanting “Allah Akbar” (God is great). Video after the cut... ...but we warned, it's extremely graphic:
