Sotloff family remembers gentle, compassionate soul

MIAMI: The family of murdered US journalist Steven Sotloff paid moving tribute to the reporter on Wednesday, remembering a gentle soul with a fondness for junk food and golf who was fiercely committed to giving "a voice to those who had none."

The 31-year-old had been drawn to reporting from the world's conflict zones because he was unable to "turn his back on the suffering pervading the world," a family spokesman said, after Sotloff's father briefly appeared holding a photo of his son, declining to speak to media.