Islamic State said on Friday that Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker who had been helping Syrian refugees since 2012, was killed when Jordanian fighter jets bombed a building in Raqqa, Syria.
In retaliation for the execution of a pilot, Jordan dispatched its fighter jets to bomb the Syrian city of Raqqa, an Islamic State stronghold.
Islamic State said Mueller was inside a three-storey building which doubled up as a weapon warehouse during the air strikes.
Mueller accompanied a Syrian man to travel to the city of Aleppo on August 3, 2013. According to the New York Times, the man was asked to repair the Internet connection of a Doctors without Borders facility.
After staying overnight at the facility, the pair wanted to return to Turkey by bus. The organisation helped arrange transport, but the pair did not make it to the bus stop as they were abducted by militants on the road.
Many question the authenticity of Islamic State’s claim that Mueller was killed in the airs strikes. U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said there was no substantial proof supporting the claim.
Mueller had not been identified until Friday as the family believed publicity would further endanger her life.
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