Beheaded American’s family tells of torment

THE family of an American contractor murdered in Iraq have spoken of their grief after a video apparently showing his killing was released on the internet.

Nick Berg, 26, from the Philadelphia suburb of West Chester, had gone to Iraq to find work rebuilding antennas, his mother, Suzanne Berg, said yesterday.

His family said they knew their son had been decapitated, but did not know the details of the killing.