Islamic State said to have beheaded Croat held in Egypt

1Extremist group says the 30-year-old married father of two was killed 'for his country's participation in the war against the Islamic State.'
2This image made from a militant video posted on a social media site on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location.
3An online image purports to show the Croatian hostage being held by an Islamic State affiliate in Egypt has been beheaded.
4An online image circulated Wednesday purported to show a Croatian hostage held by the Islamic State group's Egyptian affiliate beheaded.
5The still image, shared by Islamic State sympathizers on social media, showed the apparent body of Tomislav Salopek, a married, 30-year-old father of two, wearing a beige jumpsuit looking like the one he had worn in a previous video.
6A black flag used by the Islamic State group and a knife were planted in the sand next to him.
7The photo carried a caption in Arabic that said Salopek was killed "for his country's participation in the war against the Islamic State," and after a deadline had passed for the Egyptian government to meet their demands.
8This comes after the Islamic State affiliate set a Friday deadline for Egyptian authorities to free "Muslim women," a term referring to female Islamist prisoners detained in a sweeping government crackdown following the 2013 military ouster of an Islamist president.