An Italian pro-Palestinian activist, Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, was found dead Friday morning. According to his autopsy, he was strangled with a plastic cord. His assailants were members of a radical Islamic organization inspired by Al Queda who admitted to kidnapping him the day before.The group had threatened to execute Vittorio Arrigoni, a well-known supporter of the International Solidarity Movement, unless the authorities released their imprisoned leader, Hisham Saidani, who was arrested in March. The kidnappers released a video to the public showing Arrigoni tied up and blindfolded and set a 30-hour deadline that expired at 5 p.m. on Friday. The hostage was reportedly killed approximately 24 hours before the deadline.
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Megan Borows
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