Website claims British hostage is dead

A posting on an Islamic Internet site today claimed that an al Qaida-linked group has killed British hostage Kenneth Bigley.

Sat, 25 Sep, 2004 - 11:24

A posting on an Islamic Internet site today claimed that an al Qaida-linked group has killed British hostage Kenneth Bigley.

The claim could not immediately be verified, but surfaced on a website usually used by followers of Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to post their statements.

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