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WASHINGTON. — US President Barack Obama yesterday confirmed the death of Kayla Jean Mueller, who had been held by the Islamic State in Syria. “No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla’s captivity and death,” he said in a statement. Mueller’s family also said in a statement that they were “heartbroken” to learn of her death and released a copy of a letter she had written in 2014 while in captivity.
The comments by Obama and the family come four days after ISIS said Mueller, a 26-year-old humanitarian worker, was killed last Friday when Jordanian fighter jets bombed a building where she was being held, although Jordan expressed doubt about the Islamist militant group’s account of her death. Mueller was determined to have died after her Islamic State captors reached out privately to her family over the weekend. — AFP.
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