Italian TV shows 'hero' hostage execution

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.

In the video, released by Rome prosecutors, security guard Fabrizio Quattrocchi, 35, is shown kneeling on the ground with his face covered and hands tied behind his back, seconds before he was killed on April 14 2004.