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| Body of Iraq hostage arrives home | Body of Iraq hostage arrives home |
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| The body of a British man killed after being taken hostage in Iraq has been flown back to the UK. | The body of a British man killed after being taken hostage in Iraq has been flown back to the UK. |
| The Foreign Office said the body of security guard Alec MacLachlan arrived from Baghdad on Monday morning. | The Foreign Office said the body of security guard Alec MacLachlan arrived from Baghdad on Monday morning. |
| Members of his family were present at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire to meet the flight, a spokesman said. | Members of his family were present at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire to meet the flight, a spokesman said. |
| Mr MacLachlan, 30, from Llanelli, south Wales, was one of five men kidnapped in 2007. The bodies of two of the captives were returned to the UK in June. | Mr MacLachlan, 30, from Llanelli, south Wales, was one of five men kidnapped in 2007. The bodies of two of the captives were returned to the UK in June. |
| In a statement, the Foreign Office said its staff remained in close contact with all the families and that their thoughts were with them "at this difficult time". | |
| It is understood that an inquest into Mr MacLachlan's death will be opened by the Wiltshire coroner and then adjourned while investigations are carried out. | |
| Shot dead | |
| The five men - four security guards and the man were they were protecting, IT consultant Peter Moore - were captured at Baghdad's Ministry of Finance in May 2007. | |
| The five hostages were taken in May 2007 | |
| They were seized by about 40 men disguised as Iraqi policemen, who are understood to belong to an obscure militia known as Islamic Shia Resistance in Iraq. | |
| The bodies of security guards Jason Swindlehurst, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Jason Creswell, from Glasgow, were handed over to the Iraqi authorities in June. | |
| Tests later showed they died from gunshot wounds. | |
| Then in July, the BBC learned that two more of the men, including Mr MacLachlan, were also believed to be dead. | |
| Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he believes Mr Moore is still alive. | |
| "We continue to do everything we can for the return of the other hostages," a Foreign Office spokesman said. |