Body of Italian Activist Found in Gaza

An Italian pro-Palestinian who was working as a journalist and writer in Gaza was kidnapped on thursday by a group of radical Islamists. The groups reason for taking Vittorio Arrigoni hostage was to get the government to release a number of their own group members who had been arrested. They threatened to execute Arrigoni if the government did not abide by their rules and release members of the Salafist group. They released a video in which Arrigoni is shown with a blindfold and blood around his face. The group claimed, "the Italian hostage entered our land only to spread corruption" and it described Italy as "the infidel state".

http://jordantimes.com/index.php?news=36547

Another article was release today stating the body of Arrigoni was found in Gaza.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/2011414194735306181.html

Katie Kruse