Militants kill Bulgarian hostage

A militant group led by suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed a Bulgarian hostage and vowed to execute a second Bulgarian it was holding within 24 hours, Al Jazeera television said last night. The Qatar-based channel said the group had...

A militant group led by suspected al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed a Bulgarian hostage and vowed to execute a second Bulgarian it was holding within 24 hours, Al Jazeera television said last night.

The Qatar-based channel said the group had issued a video tape of the execution but did not broadcast it.

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