1 Korean Christian Hostage Killed

The Taliban has killed one of the 23 Korean Christian hostages who were captured on Thursday of last week. The Taliban insists that its demands were not met, claims no responsibility for the death of the male hostage, and promises that more deaths will follow.

“Since Kabul’s administration did not listen to our demand and did not free our prisoners, the Taliban shot dead a male Korean hostage,” Qari Yousef Ahmadi, the alleged news representative for the Taliban, told Reuters by phone from an unknown location.

Ahmadi said earlier that the insurgents would kill “a few” of the hostages before 5:30 a.m. EDT after talks over the fate of the 23 South Korean Christian hostages had stalled. Three deadlines have passed since the Koreans were abducted last Thursday, with the latest being Tuesday 10:30 a.m. EDT.

“The Taliban have lost their patience with it all so they will be killed . . . because a lot of time has passed since the deadline and there has been no response,” Ahmadi told AP by satellite phone before the news of a first killing was reported. “The Taliban takes no responsibility for the killing.”

The threat came as a surprise to Ali Shah Ahmadzai, the police chief of the Ghazni province where the hostages were captured, who said negotiations were moving in a positive direction.

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Update: The body of 42-year-old youth pastor Bae Hyung-kyu, the leader of the team, was found with 10 bullet holes in his head, chest and stomach. Read more.

Please pray that God would comfort the family and church of pastor Hyung-kyu and give grace to these believers, that they might respond like the apostles in Acts 5:41 and Paul and Silas in Acts 16:25.

See also:

• Christian Post:
  • Taliban Threatens to Start Killing ‘A Few’ Korean Christian Captives
  • Body of S. Korean Youth Pastor Found
• Christian Today: Taliban say they Killed Korean Hostage
• MSNBC: Bullet-riddled body of S. Korean hostage found
• Yahoo: 2ND LD: Taliban get ransom to spare S. Korean hostages’ lives: Official

See our previous post were we are keeping track of the coverage from various sources:

• Korean Christian Hostages Still Alive

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