Awful: French hostage Herve Gourdel reportedly beheaded by ISIS-linked group in Algeria

https://twitter.com/ResistanceER/status/514798082639552512

French tourist Herve Gourdel has been killed by an Algerian jihadi group, according to a video posted on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/f6PilRPxnr

— BBC Newsbeat (@BBCNewsbeat) September 24, 2014

Jund al-Khilafah, Algerian splinter group of Al Qaeda, executed Hervé Gourdel on Wed http://t.co/whUveuDfJf pic.twitter.com/LDq3x99J8S

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) September 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/AgnesCPoirier/status/514797807426093057

Developing…

Update:

According to BBC News, Gourdel, 55 years old, was seized on Sunday in the unsettled north-east Kabylie area of Algeria.

Islamic State militants warned on Sunday they would target Americans and other Western citizens, “especially the spiteful and filthy French”, after French jets joined the US in carrying out strikes in Iraq on IS targets.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.