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Family of beheaded Korean by Iraqis

Updated: 2004-06-23 08:56


Kim Jong-kyu (R) and Shin Young-ja, parents of Kim Sun-il who was kidnapped in Iraq, react after hearing that their son had been killed, at their home in Busan, South Korea, June 23, 2004. Kim was killed despite government efforts for his release. The South Korean Foreign Ministry confirmed Kim's death Wednesday.  [AP]

Family members of Kim Sun-il, who was kidnapped in Iraq, cry shortly after hearing that he had been killed, at their home in Busan, South Korea, June 23, 2004. Kim was killed despite government efforts for his release. The South Korean Foreign Ministry confirmed Kim's death Wednesday.  [AP]

Kim Jung-sook reacts in Pusan, about 420 km southeast of Seoul, after hearing the news that her brother, South Korean Kim Sun-il, who was kidnapped by Iraqi militants in Falluja, had been killed June 23, 2004.  [Reuters]

A video image released June 22, 2004 by Al Jazeera television shows a group of heavily armed gunmen standing over kidnapped Korean Kim Sun-il. Militants beheaded the South Korean hostage in Iraq June 22 after Seoul refused to withdraw its troops and scrap plans to send more. [Reuters]

An undated photo of South Korean Kim Sun-il, who was kidnapped by Iraqi militants in Falluja, Iraq June 17, 2004.  [Family Photo/Handout]



 
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