French national Hervé Gourdel has been beheaded by the terrorist group Jund al-Khilafah in Algeria, SITE Intel Group and French media report.
Jihadi group in Algeria claims to have beheaded French hostage Hervé Gourdel, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
France 24 is reporting that French hostage Hervé Gourdel, abducted by ISIS-linked militants in Algeria, has been beheaded
The Algerian militant group Jund al-Khilafah took credit for the beheading, and video of the execution has been posted online by SITE.
Jund al-Khilafah in Algeria Beheads French Hostage in Video http://t.co/pU8GpB6nIJ
JUST IN: Algerian militants linked to ISIS release video claiming execution of French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel - @RymMomtaz
L'otage fran๺is Hervé #Gourdel a été dpité par les djihadistes algériens #EI #ISIS
Gourdel appeared in a video earlier this week in which his captors declared that he had been kidnapped by the ISIS.
The Algerian militants said they were giving French President Francois Hollande 24 hours to stop airstrikes on ISIS or Gourdel would be executed.
French officials have not released any comment on Gourdel's death.
The 55-year-old mountain guide is the fourth Western hostage recently executed by ISIS-linked fighters. The terrorist group has also claimed credit for the killings of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and British citizen David Cawthorne Haines. ISIS also released a video this week that appears to show it is currently holding British journalist John Cantlie.
