Barack Obama, the US president, has confirmed the death of a US hostage
held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The White House issued a statement on Tuesday confirming the death of
Kayla Mueller, who had been reported killed in an air strike against ISIL
positions carried out by the Jordanian military on Friday.
"No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring
to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla's captivity and
death," Obama said in a statement.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a statement saying the world was
"united in condemning ISIL's continued murder and imprisonment of
innocents".
In a statement posted on websites sympathetic to the armed group, ISIL
claimed that Mueller was buried beneath rubble after an air raid by a Jordanian
fighter jet in Raqqa, northern Syria.
Speaking to reporters, the White House press secretary, Josh Earnest,
did not confirm whether Mueller was killed by the Jordanian bombing campaign,
saying there was no evidence that civilians were in the target area ahead of
the strike.
The 26-year-old from Prescott, Arizona, was taken captive in August
2013, in the Syrian city of Aleppo, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders
hospital, according to a family statement released by Arizona Senator John
McCain.
Mueller's parents said their daughter had devoted her career "to
helping those in need in countries around the world", since graduating
from Northern Arizona University in 2009.
Mueller lived and worked with humanitarian aid groups in northern India,
Israel and the Palestinian territories, before returning home to Arizona in
2011 and working at an HIV/AIDS clinic and a women's shelter.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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