Jihadists claim to have killed Japanese hostage

Posted by Robert on May 28, 2005 9:00 AM

"Terror Gang: We Killed Hostage," from the [1] New York Post, :

The Army of Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for shooting Akihiko Saito, 44, who had been missing in Iraq since May 8.

The video showed identification papers and a passport allegedly belonging to Saito, a former paratrooper and veteran of the French Foreign Legion.

The video displayed the body of a dead man on his back with a bloodied face that resembled Saito.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/05/jihadists-claim-to-have-killed-japanese-hostage.html

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[1] http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/47360.htm