Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Algerian militants claim to have killed kidnapped Frenchman


(MENAFN- Arab News) TUNIS: Algerian militants who kidnapped Frenchman Herve Gourdel have claimed in a video to have killed him after demanding France stop its action against militants in Iraq the SITE jihadi monitoring service reported on its Twitter account.

The Caliphate Soldiers a splinter group linked to Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Monday published a video claiming responsibility for the abduction and showed a man identifying himself as Gourdel a tourist from Nice.

There was no official immediate confirmation from the French or Algerian governments.


Arab News

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