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Jihadists claim beheading of Frenchman seized in Algeria
September 25, 2014
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group claimed to have beheaded a Frenchman abducted in Algeria in a video posted online today, after Paris rejected their demand to halt strikes in Iraq. 

Herve Gourdel, 55, was kidnapped on Sunday by Jund al-Khilifa, or "Soldiers of the Caliphate," while hiking in a national park that was once a magnet for tourists but later became a sanctuary for Islamists.
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