Al Qaeda executed the British hostage.

Militants North African division of al-Qaida executed British hostage. This was announced on Wednesday, June 3, AFP, referring to the organization SITE Intelligence Group, which is involved in monitoring Islamist websites.
Extremists claimed that the British Edwin Dyer (Edwen Dyer) executed because the British Government has failed to comply with an ultimatum to al-Qaida and not released to the freedom of a radical Islamic preacher Abu Katadu (Abu Qatada), which is contained in a British prison.
The terrorist group, calling itself "Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" (several countries in the north-west Africa, including Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), has announced that the Briton was killed May 31, 2009, ie after the expiry of 20 days ultimatum, declared April 27, 2009. "Britain does not care about its citizens," - said the terrorists, referred to by the AFP.
January 22, 2009, four foreign tourists (the Swiss couple, German and British) have been seized by extremists in Niger. Then the names are not reported stolen.
April 22, 2009 Al-Qaeda "had liberated the UN Special Representative in Nigeria, Robert Foulera, and with it three other hostages: his assistant and two women, abducted on January 22 in Niger. British and Swiss remained in captivity at the terrorists. AFP reports that, according to some sources, Edwin Dyer and Swiss (the name is unknown so far) to retain the territory of the Republic of Mali.
The fate of Swiss, who remains in captivity, yet unknown.
Regarding Abu Katady, is Jordanian of Palestinian origin, he was arrested in Britain in 2002 on suspicion of having links with Al Qaeda. " It is believed that Katada is the European "ambassador" of Osama bin Laden. He was later released, but in 2005 after a series of terrorist attacks in London preacher has been arrested again. In 2008, Katadu released on bail but was arrested again while attempting to leave the country illegally.
Now in the UK considered the issue of his deportation to Jordan, where Katada was sentenced to life imprisonment for having organized several attacks. Protecting preacher insisted on the inadmissibility of the extradition, since the view that the Jordanian Abu Katadu would be tortured.