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Video of 'hostage' execution posted on web site
An extremist group, the Islamic Army of Iraq, has claimed the hostage killed was American adviser Ronald Allen Schulz.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 December 19, 2005
Cairo: An extremist group, the Islamic Army of Iraq, posted a video on a web site on Monday that showed an unidentified man being shot in the back of the head.
The group claimed the killing was of American adviser Ronald Allen Schulz.
The victim was kneeling with his back to the camera, with his hands tied behind his back and blindfolded with an Arab headdress when he was shot.
The video also showed Schulz's identity card.
In a separate piece of film, shown on a split screen as the killing was aired, the extremist group also showed a picture of Schulz alive.
The group had aired the same footage of Schulz alive when he was first taken hostage earlier this month.
In an earlier Internet posting last week, the group had claimed it killed Schulz, and then later said it would show the killing.
Schulz, a civilian contractor and a native of North Dakota, has been identified by the extremist group as a security consultant for the Iraqi Housing Ministry, although neighbors and family from Alaska, where he lives, say he is an industrial electrician who has worked on contracts around the world.
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