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Algerian extremists linked to terror group ISIS have beheaded a French hostage, after France refused the group's demands to withdraw from US-led air strikes in Iraq.
'Herve Gourdel, 55, was kidnapped on Sunday while hiking in a national park that was once a magnet for tourists but later became a sanctuary for Islamists.'
A video showing the beheading was released yesterday. French president Francoise Holland, who is currently attending a UN assembly in New York, has denounced the killing.
'A group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, had said they would kill the French mountaineer after abducting him Sunday unless France ended its airstrikes against ISIS fighters in Iraq within 24 hours.'
'France started airstrikes in Iraq on Friday, the first country to join the U.S. military campaign against ISIS fighters there.'
http://www.france24.com/en/20140924-frances-hollande-denounces-cowardly-hostage-murder/
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news/hollande-confirms-herve-gourdel-killing-332959811519
Photo link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hervé-gourdel-french-hostage-beheaded-by-isis-allies-1.2776523
'Herve Gourdel, 55, was kidnapped on Sunday while hiking in a national park that was once a magnet for tourists but later became a sanctuary for Islamists.'
A video showing the beheading was released yesterday. French president Francoise Holland, who is currently attending a UN assembly in New York, has denounced the killing.
'A group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, had said they would kill the French mountaineer after abducting him Sunday unless France ended its airstrikes against ISIS fighters in Iraq within 24 hours.'
'France started airstrikes in Iraq on Friday, the first country to join the U.S. military campaign against ISIS fighters there.'
http://www.france24.com/en/20140924-frances-hollande-denounces-cowardly-hostage-murder/
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news/hollande-confirms-herve-gourdel-killing-332959811519
Photo link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hervé-gourdel-french-hostage-beheaded-by-isis-allies-1.2776523