The armed Islamist group al-Shabab has said it has decided to execute a French intelligence agent who has been held captive for three years and was the object of an unsuccessful rescue bid in Somalia on Saturday.
The al-Qaeda-linked group released a statement on Tuesday saying it had "reached a unanimous decision to execute the French intelligence officer, Denis Allex".
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French officials had previously said that Allex, presumed to be an alias for the agent, was most likely killed by his captors during the failed rescue attempt, which left two French soldiers and 17 rebels dead.
French troops retrieved the bodies of one of the soldiers killed in the attack, and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French defence minister, said on Saturday that the other soldier was missing, presumed dead.
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The statement released by al-Shabab on Tuesday said that the "commander" was severely injured during the attack and captured by the group, but later succumbed to his injures at a hospital.
alJazeera
The al-Qaeda-linked group released a statement on Tuesday saying it had "reached a unanimous decision to execute the French intelligence officer, Denis Allex".
[...]
French officials had previously said that Allex, presumed to be an alias for the agent, was most likely killed by his captors during the failed rescue attempt, which left two French soldiers and 17 rebels dead.
French troops retrieved the bodies of one of the soldiers killed in the attack, and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French defence minister, said on Saturday that the other soldier was missing, presumed dead.
[...]
The statement released by al-Shabab on Tuesday said that the "commander" was severely injured during the attack and captured by the group, but later succumbed to his injures at a hospital.
alJazeera
”Most likely” and “presumed” are not attitudes I'd care my government to have toward my disappearance in enemy territory.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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