US hostage killed
(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-06-19 12:32

This image posted on an Islamic website on June 15, 2004 shows blindfolded U.S. hostage Paul Johnson being held in Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda militants beheaded the American engineer they had held hostage since last week, Al Arabiya television reported on June 18, 2004. Al Qaeda had given the Saudi government a Friday deadline to free jailed militants or it would kill Johnson. [Reuters]

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