An Italian hostage who told his Iraqi captors: ”I will show you how an Italian dies,” seconds before he was shot in the head was hailed a hero as his countrymen viewed the footage from his execution for the first time.

An Italian hostage who told his Iraqi captors ”I will show you how an Italian dies,” seconds before he was shot in the head two years ago was hailed as a hero today as Italians viewed the footage from his execution for the first time.