Al-Qaida murders British tourist seized in Mali

Jun 3rd, 2009 - guardian.co.uk

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Al-Qaida's North African cell said today that it had killed a British hostage whom it had been holding since January, in what Gordon Brown described as "a barbaric act of terrorism".

British officials said there was "no reason to doubt" the claim by the group, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), that it had killed Edwin Dyer, a 60-year-old British national who had lived most of his life in Austria and who had been travelling with other European holidaymakers in Mali when seized.

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