Saudis find murdered American hostage’s head

THE head of the American hostage murdered by militants last month has been found after a raid on the hideout of an al-Qaida leader in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi interior ministry said that Paul Johnson’s head was discovered in a freezer in a house, although his body was not found. A further search was being conducted for that. Two militants were killed during the raid.

The spokeswoman for the US embassy in Riyadh, Carol Kalin, said that Saudi authorities had informed the embassy of the discovery and that consular officials in Washington were in the process of notifying Mr Johnson’s family.