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| Isis 'executes' Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek in Egypt after demands deadline passes | Isis 'executes' Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek in Egypt after demands deadline passes |
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| The Isis militant group has released a photo purporting to show the execution of the Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek. | The Isis militant group has released a photo purporting to show the execution of the Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek. |
| The group previously published a video identifying the captive as a 30-year-old who was taken hostage outside Cairo on the 22 July. It threatened to kill him in 48 hours if Egypt did not release unspecified "Muslim women" from prison. | |
| An image, circulated by Isis-affiliated social media accounts on Wednesday, appeared to show Mr Salopek's decapitated body. A caption in Arabic accompanying the image read that Mr Salopek, a father of two, was killed "for his country's participation in the war against the Islamic State". | |
| Last month, Croatia's Foreign Ministry had said that one of its nationals, with the same initials as as Salopek, had been kidnapped in Cairo on their way to work. | Last month, Croatia's Foreign Ministry had said that one of its nationals, with the same initials as as Salopek, had been kidnapped in Cairo on their way to work. |
| Mr Salopek said he worked for CGG Ardiseis, a French oil and gas company, that has an office in a Cairo suburb that is home to many expats. | Mr Salopek said he worked for CGG Ardiseis, a French oil and gas company, that has an office in a Cairo suburb that is home to many expats. |
| He was the first foreigner to be abducted and threatened by Isis's Egyptian affiliate, known as Wilyat Sina - or the Sinai Province. | |
| Mr Salopek's father Zlatko last week issued a plea for his son's life. Speaking from the family home in Vrpolje, eastern Croatia, he told the AFP News Agency: "I am asking the people who hold my son to let him return to his family, because his motive to go to your homeland was exclusively to earn bread for his children. Nothing else." | |
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