Switzerland says Swiss hostage in Mali has been killed
Posted October 9, 2020 4:05 pm.
Last Updated October 9, 2020 4:08 pm.
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GENEVA — Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry says a Swiss woman who was held hostage in Mali has been killed by an Islamist group.
The ministry said in a statement that it was informed Friday by the French authorities that the hostage, whose name wasn’t released, had been “killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslim about a month ago.”
The group is Mali’s branch of al-Qaida.
The Associated Press
