The BBC is reporting that a Palestinian group calling itself the Al Tawhid Al Jihad brigade is claiming to have killed Alan Johnston. Johnston, the BBC's Gaza correspondent was abducted on 12 March.
There is no independent confirmation of the statement by the group claiming to have been holding the reporter.
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The BBC website has an interactive map of Baghdad showing ethnic divisions and locations of serious attacks. It is one of the most graphic representations of the breakdown of Iraqi society since the March 2003 coalition invasion
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Nine days have passed and this report, thankfully, seems lees likely.
The irony is that the Palestinian people need men and women like Alan Johnston.
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