French President Hollande condemns Algeria beheading

PARIS: -- French President Francois Hollande has strongly condemned the beheading in Algeria of tourist Herve Gourdel by a jihadist group linked to Islamic State (IS) militants.

The president described the killing as a "cruel and cowardly" act.

He said that French air strikes which began on IS targets in Iraq last week would continue.

Jund al-Khilafa killed Mr Gourdel, 55, after its deadline for France to halt air strikes on IS in Iraq ran out.

Algeria said it would do everything possible to bring the killers to justice.

"Algeria will never ever bend to terrorism and justice will be done. Our commitment to fight this scourge will grow even stronger," said Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29351529


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Condolences to his friends and family. While it's a sad and tragic event, I think that it is nevertheless a good thing that the French authorities have not yielded to the odious blackmail from these terrorists.

i know this may sound like a bit of coincidence, but i am starting to believe these extremists shared the same birth ritual of being dropped on their head at birth.

RIP

Condolences to the family!!

Sad to say but he was doomed from the start. Same as the 2 Germans in Philippines.

Well, if nothing else, Isis will ensure a combined and lethal response to its acts of cowardice. Moreover, one supported by the majority of electorates ... unlike the last Iraq outing.

The next on the list of the Daesh (the name the refugees give them and what they are called by French authorities) will be the German hostages. The Frenchman was a high mountain guide. I hope he has gone to rest on his own 'high mountain'.