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British hostage Alan Henning was captured just 30 minutes after arriving in Syria because ISIS militants thought he was a spy, it has emerged.

The cab driver was snatched while travelling with an aid convoy to Syria and is the latest hostage to be threatened by “Jihadi John”.

But it has been reported that the 47-year-old had only been in the war-torn country for half-an-hour before he was taken and held hostage.

As reported by The Sun, members of his aid convoy pleaded with his kidnappers, telling them he was a dedicated charity worker.

However, the brutal terrorists refused to release him and insisted he was a spy.

The masked terrorist with a London accent warned he would be next in the gruesome video which showed the killing of aid worker David Haines.

It is now thought that the ISIS militants were tipped off by corrupt officials before they kidnapped Mr Henning.

A source told The Sun: “The group were held up at the border with Turkey for two hours over supposed problems with their paperwork — which could suggest they were being deliberately delayed while IS were told of their presence in Syria.

“That they were then stopped just four miles over the border might also suggest militants were lying in wait."

The cab driver is the latest hostage to be threatened by “Jihadi John”.

The masked terrorist with a London accent warned he would be next in the gruesome video which showed the killing of aid worker David Haines.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told yesterday how the SAS cannot try to rescue Mr Henning because they are unable to locate him.

Mr Hammond was asked why special forces had been sent in at the Paris summit.

“Because we don’t know where he is,” the top Tory said.

“If we knew where he was we would be able to look at all sorts of options.

“We have considered every possible option to support these kidnap victims, both British and others. If we knew where they were it would be a different story but we don’t know where they are.”

Mr Henning’s family were “going through hell” but knew that the Government was doing all it could to help.

“It is a terrible time for them. We are doing everything that we can to protect him,” he said.

“They understand, because we have explained to them in detail, the limitations of our abilities.

“We are dealing with a very barbaric organisation whose values are completely different from ours.”