ISIS-LINKED MILITANTS BEHEAD FRENCH HOSTAGE WITHIN MINUTES OF OBAMA'S CALL FOR UN TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST JIHADISTS
ISIS-linked militants in Algeria have beheaded a French hostage captured at the
weekend - having earlier made threats to kill him if France did not stop
bombing targets in Iraq.
Herve Gourdel, 55, was captured by the
Islamist group Jund al-Khilifa while hiking in the Djurdjura National
Park on Sunday - just one day after he arrived in Algeria for a 10-day
walking holiday.
A video featuring Mr Gourdel was released
yesterday in which the militants threatened to kill the professional
mountaineering guide within hours unless France stopped bombing ISIS
targets in Iraq by the end of the day.
A video featuring Mr Gourdel was released
yesterday in which the militants threatened to kill the Frenchman unless France
stops bombing ISIS targets in Iraq |
ISIS-linked militants in Algeria beheaded
French tourist Herve Gourdel after he was captured at the weekend
|
The sickening four minute 46 second video
of Mr Gourdel's murder - titled 'A Message in Blood for the French Government'
- was released exactly 30 minutes after Barack Obama gave a speech vowing to
destroy ISIS and its affiliates to the UN General Assembly.
In his speech President Obama urged the
world to come together to tackle the threat posed by ISIS and 'dismantle this
network of death'. The address ended at 10.38am New York time, with the
existence of Mr Gourdel's murder video revealed just 30 minutes later, at
11.09am.
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