Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group claimed to have beheaded a Frenchman abducted in Algeria in a video posted online Wednesday, after Paris rejected their demand to halt strikes in Iraq.
(Har-veh Gor-del) Herve Gourdel was kidnapped on Sunday by "Soldiers of the (cali-fate) Caliphate," while hiking in a national park that was once a major draw for tourists but became a sanctuary for Islamists.
