{{Somalia\u2019s Al-Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab said Monday a French soldier wounded and captured during a failed hostage rescue raid has died and published pictures of the purported commando chief\u2019s body.}}<\/p>\n
\u201cThe French soldier who was part of the invasion to Somalia died (from) the injury he sustained,\u201d Al Shabaab military spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab told AFP by telephone. \u201cOur medical staff attempted to help him but he was unlucky.\u201d<\/p>\n
France\u2019s military operation Saturday to free a French spy held hostage by the Shebab since July 2009 was a failure, with another French soldier killed and the situation of the hostage unclear.<\/p>\n
The Shebab, who claim the hostage is alive, said they would announce later Monday their decision regarding his fate, while France believes he was killed during the rescue attempt.<\/p>\n
The Shebab have posted on their Twitter account two pictures they claim are of a French commando chief killed in the botched raid.<\/p>\n
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday denounced the publication of the photographs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a particularly odious display,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The French defence ministry earlier had expressed fears that the Somali Islamists would put on display the bodies of the missing French soldier and the hostage.<\/p>\n
AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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