’ISIS’ Executes Chinese, Norwegian...Beijing Vows Justice

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that "ISIS" has executed a Chinese national in the Middle East. The ministry has vowed to bring the perpetrators "to justice."

China has confirmed the identity of the victim as Fan Jinghui who had been previously identified by the terrorists as a 50-year-old freelance consultant from Beijing.

"ISIS's" English-language propaganda magazine, "Dabiq", published pictures of both Fan and the Norwegian hostage, Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad. The men appeared to have been executed by gunshot wounds to the head.

Earlier in September, both men were apparently featured in the terrorist group's magazine, where they were mockingly put up for "sale."

Both China and Norway refused to pay the ransom that the terrorists had demanded. Yet, Beijing is now saying that it had attempted to rescue the "cruelly murdered" Chinese national.

A Chinese ministry statement mentioned that: "The Chinese government strongly condemns this savage act devoid of humanity and will certainly bring the criminals to justice."

"The Chinese government will resolutely oppose all forms of terrorism, and resolutely strike at any violent terrorist criminal activities that defy the bottom lines of human culture," the statement added.

According to Beijing News, Fan was a former advertising executive who lived in a western suburb of Beijing. His company shut down in 2003, however, and it is not clear how he ended up in captivity somewhere in the Middle East.

On its part, Norway said that it had no grounds to doubt the authenticity of the photos, but was still verifying the claim.

"We condemn the killing," Norwegian PM Erna Solberg told reporters in Oslo as hshe had earlier in September confirmed he had been captured.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team