The Islamic State claimed that a 26 year old Arizona woman taken hostage by the group in Syria was killed Friday when a Jordanian fighter plane bombed a building where she was being held.The claim could not be immediately verified nor was it clear that Jordanian planes had bombed that location, described as being near Raqqa, the group’s de facto capital.
The group released photos showing rubble of a building it claimed had been struck in airstrikes, but no images of the hostage, Kayla Mueller.In a statement, the Islamic State released Mueller’s phone numbers and other personal information.“The criminal Crusader coalition aircraft bombarded a site outside the city of ar-Raqqah today at noon while the people were performing the Friday prayer,” the Islamic State said in the statement, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online postings by Islamist militant groups. “The air assaults were continuous on the same location for more than an hour.
