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| Islamic State leader raped Kayla Mueller before she died in captivity, officials say | Islamic State leader raped Kayla Mueller before she died in captivity, officials say |
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| The parents of the late American hostage Kayla Mueller say they were told by American officials that their daughter was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group. | The parents of the late American hostage Kayla Mueller say they were told by American officials that their daughter was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group. |
| A US official confirmed the account of family spokeswoman Emily Lenzner. It was first reported by London’s Independent newspaper. The official was not authorized to be quoted by name. | A US official confirmed the account of family spokeswoman Emily Lenzner. It was first reported by London’s Independent newspaper. The official was not authorized to be quoted by name. |
| Mueller was held for a time by Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf and his wife, Umm Sayyaf. Al-Baghdadi took Mueller as a “wife”, and repeatedly forced her to have sex with him when he visited, her parents Carl and Marsha Mueller were told. | Mueller was held for a time by Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf and his wife, Umm Sayyaf. Al-Baghdadi took Mueller as a “wife”, and repeatedly forced her to have sex with him when he visited, her parents Carl and Marsha Mueller were told. |
| American officials, the Independent wrote, learned the information from a Yazidi teenager who had been held with Mueller, whose death in captivity was announced in February. | American officials, the Independent wrote, learned the information from a Yazidi teenager who had been held with Mueller, whose death in captivity was announced in February. |
| Though the group said Mueller died in a Jordanian air raid made in retaliation for Islamic State’s gruesome killing of a Jordanian pilot, US officials and others have challenged that version, saying there was no indication how or when she died. | Though the group said Mueller died in a Jordanian air raid made in retaliation for Islamic State’s gruesome killing of a Jordanian pilot, US officials and others have challenged that version, saying there was no indication how or when she died. |
| Her family said it suspects that Mueller might have been murdered by Isis in retaliation for Jordan’s killing of its prisoner Sajida Rishawi, a prisoner who had participated in the 2005 hotel suicide bombings in Amman. | Her family said it suspects that Mueller might have been murdered by Isis in retaliation for Jordan’s killing of its prisoner Sajida Rishawi, a prisoner who had participated in the 2005 hotel suicide bombings in Amman. |
| The White House and State Department declined to comment. | |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report | The Associated Press contributed to this report |