kidnapped in Iraq and was posted on Sunday on awebsite
belonging to the Ansar Al-Sunna Army (name written on banner)
A website linked to an Iraqi militant group today showed a video of what is purported to be the execution of 12 Nepalese workers by their kidnappers.
The video showed a masked man slitting the throat of a blindfolded man lying on the ground. Other footage showed a man firing single shots from an assault rifle at the back of the heads of 11 others.
A statement from the Army of Ansar al-Sunnaon read: "We have carried out the sentence of God against 12 Nepalese who came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians . . . believing in Buddha as their God.
"America today has used all its force, as well as the help of others, to fight Islam under the so-called war on terror, which is nothing but a vicious crusade against Muslims," the statement said.
At the end of the four-minute video, a man read another statement off-camera, vowing to fight the Iraqi government.
"We will work on exterminating them until the last fighter," he said.
Agencies