Kayla Jean Mueller
Islamic State
extremists claimed that an American woman held hostage by the group was killed
Friday in a Jordanian airstrike in northern Syria, but the government of Jordan
dismissed the statement as "criminal propaganda" and the U.S. said it
had not seen any evidence to corroborate the report.
The woman
was identified as Kayla Jean Mueller, an American who went to Syria to do aid
work, but there was no independent verification of the militants' claim. The
statement appeared on a militant website commonly used by the group and was
also distributed by Islamic State-affiliated Twitter users.
The
26-year-old Mueller, of Prescott, Arizona, is the only known remaining U.S.
hostage held by the Islamic State group.
If the
death is confirmed, she would be the fourth American to die while being held by
Islamic State militants. Three other Americans — journalists James Foley and
Steven Sotloff, and aid worker Peter Kassig — were beheaded by the group.
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