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IS claims two more hostage killings

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 18:17
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This post was originally published on this siteIslamic State claims it has killed two more hostages

  • 18 November 2015
  • From the section Europe

This file combination of undated photos taken from the Islamic State group's online magazine Dabiq purports to show Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Oslo, Norway, left, and Fan Jinghui, 50, from Beijing, China.Image copyright
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IS released photos purporting to show Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad and Fan Jinghui

The Islamic State (IS) militant group says it has killed two hostages – a Norwegian and a Chinese citizen.

IS gave no details about when or where Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Norway and Fan Jinghui, 50, from China were killed. It had demanded ransoms from their countries.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said there was no reason to doubt the claim, and called it a “barbaric act”.

The Chinese foreign ministry also said it was shocked by the killings.

IS Dabiq magazine published what it said were photographs of the men, alive and dead. They appeared to have been shot.

Ms Solberg said: “There are no excuses for the treatment our countryman has been subjected to, it can’t be found in religion, nor ideology.”

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“Even if it hurts, we should never let the terrorists win,” Ms Solberg said

“This is a despicable and barbaric act,” she added.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement China has noted the report and is “deeply shocked”.

“Ever since the Chinese citizen was held hostage by the Islamic State group, the Chinese government has been sparing no effort in rescuing him,” Mr Hong said. “We are still verifying the information.”

The militants announced the two men’s capture in a previous issue of Dabiq, which showed them in yellow jumpsuits, but gave no detail about their capture.

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