20.09 US Senate Offers $10 Mln Reward for Information on IS Killers of US Journalists

MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - The US Senate has unanimously approved a bill offering up to $10 million for actionable information on the kidnapping and killing of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, who were recently executed by Islamic State (IS) militants, the Telegraph reports.

The money will be given to any person, who provides information which can be used to arrest or convict any individual for committing, conspiring or attempting to abduct and kill the two journalists, under the US State Department's Rewards for Justice Program. The bipartisan resolution was drafted by US Senators from Foley’s and Sotloff’s native states - Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson from Florida, Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte from New Hampshire. The bill was co-sponsored by Ted Cruz, senator from Texas.

The measure will help to honor the memories of James Foley and Steven Sotloff by bringing their “evil murderers” to justice, Rubio insisted, according to a press release published on his website. “It’s important that we send a powerful message to the Foley and Sotloff families, to the American people and to the world that the United States will work tirelessly to ensure that the deaths of these beloved journalists [do] not go unpunished,” he added.