The World - News from March 6, 1986
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The Islamic Jihad (Holy War) extremist group in Lebanon said it has killed Michel Seurat, 37, one of four French nationals it claimed to hold. A statement delivered to a Western news agency in Beirut said the hostage was executed because of French actions toward Muslims and French policy toward the Middle East in general. Seurat, 37, a researcher at the French Center for Studies and Research of the Contemporary Middle East, was kidnaped last May 22 on the main highway leading to the Beirut airport. Islamic Jihad also says it is holding five American hostages.
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