Kidnapped Italian Activist Killed In Gaza By Extremist Group
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A kidnapped Italian activist has been found dead in Gaza after he was killed by a radical Islamist group.
It's the first time a foreigner has been killed in the Palestinian territory after being kidnapped.
The Salafist extremists, who claim to be inspired by Al Qaeda, posted a video of Vittorio Arrigoni on YouTube, tied up and blindfolded.
They threatened to kill him by 5pm on Friday, if Hamas did not release a number of Palestinian prisoners including one of the group's leaders.
But a spokesman for the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said: "The Italian was killed by suffocation and his body was found in a street of the city of Gaza."
Mr Arrigoni was an activist with a pro-Palestinian group called the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and was also working as a blogger and writer.
Mr Arrigoni is the third member of the group to be killed in Gaza: US activist Rachel Corrie died in March 2003 after being crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer and British activist Tom Hurndall died in January 2004, nine months after being shot by an Israeli soldier.
Mr Arrigoni became famous in Italy for his passionate defence of Palestinian rights under Israeli occupation particularly during Operation Cast Lead. His kidnapping was the first in four years in Gaza.
Source: Sky News And RT
It's the first time a foreigner has been killed in the Palestinian territory after being kidnapped.
The Salafist extremists, who claim to be inspired by Al Qaeda, posted a video of Vittorio Arrigoni on YouTube, tied up and blindfolded.
They threatened to kill him by 5pm on Friday, if Hamas did not release a number of Palestinian prisoners including one of the group's leaders.
But a spokesman for the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said: "The Italian was killed by suffocation and his body was found in a street of the city of Gaza."
Mr Arrigoni was an activist with a pro-Palestinian group called the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and was also working as a blogger and writer.
Mr Arrigoni is the third member of the group to be killed in Gaza: US activist Rachel Corrie died in March 2003 after being crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer and British activist Tom Hurndall died in January 2004, nine months after being shot by an Israeli soldier.
Mr Arrigoni became famous in Italy for his passionate defence of Palestinian rights under Israeli occupation particularly during Operation Cast Lead. His kidnapping was the first in four years in Gaza.
Source: Sky News And RT
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Radical_Centrist
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Knowing Israels love of false flag operations I have no idea who killed this guy. I know it is a tragedy who ever did it.
- 1 year ago
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Radical_Centrist
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freecrack
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Radical_Centrist:
not even close man.if mosaad has operatives in gaza, they sure as shit arent going to risk outing them to kill a peace activist.
and that is a huge if, as being jewish in gaza is a death sentence.making espionage all but impossible.
- 1 year ago
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freecrack
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freecrack
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"al-queda" did it.
either hamas has decided to make al-queda the new jews.
or hamas and the united states govenment are of the same mind. - 1 year ago
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freecrack
