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Monday, April 16, 2007

#24 British Reporter Executed in Gaza?

A Palestinian group claims it has killed the abducted BBC reporter, Alan Johnston. A statement was released and signed by the Palestinian Jihad and Tawheed Brigades, an organization named after an Iraqi al-Qaeda group.

In the message, the group said the British and Palestinian governments were responsible for Johnston's killing, and vowed to release a video of the execution. Excerpt from the statement can be read here.