Qatar Seeks to Unveil Sources in Beheaded US Reporter Case
- Qatari bank, charity say some evidence was “fraudulent”
- US court dismissed Stephen Sotloff family’s case last year
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Qatar National Bank and Qatar Charity are seeking the identities of individuals who supplied unreliable evidence used in a lawsuit brought by the family of an American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State group, according to legal documents filed in the US.
Steven Sotloff and another American journalist, James Foley, were in Syria covering the war when members of the terrorist organization captured, tortured, and then killed them in 2014. ISIS published videos of their executions online directed at US government officials.