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| Kayla Mueller was raped by Isis leader before her death, say officials | |
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| The late American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly raped by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, US officials have said. | The late American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly raped by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, US officials have said. |
| Mueller, an aid worker, was held for a time by Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf and his wife, Umm Sayyaf. Baghdadi reportedly took Mueller as a “wife”, and repeatedly raped her when he visited, her parents Carl and Marsha Mueller were told. | Mueller, an aid worker, was held for a time by Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf and his wife, Umm Sayyaf. Baghdadi reportedly took Mueller as a “wife”, and repeatedly raped her when he visited, her parents Carl and Marsha Mueller were told. |
| The claims were first reported by the Independent . A US official who confirmed the account to the Associated Press, was not authorised to be quoted by name. | The claims were first reported by the Independent . A US official who confirmed the account to the Associated Press, was not authorised to be quoted by name. |
| US officials, the Independent wrote, were provided with the information by a Yazidi teenager who had been held with Mueller. The 14-year-old talked to US officials, who corroborated her account with other intelligence and passed it on to her parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, in June, according to a family spokeswoman, Emily Lenzner. | US officials, the Independent wrote, were provided with the information by a Yazidi teenager who had been held with Mueller. The 14-year-old talked to US officials, who corroborated her account with other intelligence and passed it on to her parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, in June, according to a family spokeswoman, Emily Lenzner. |
| Mueller’s 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. | Mueller’s 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. |
| 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. |
| Abu Sayyaf was killed in a Delta Force raid of his Syrian compound in June, which resulted in a treasure trove of intelligence about the Islamic State group. Umm Sayyaf gave extensive information to American interrogators and has been turned over to the Iraqi Kurds for trial. | Abu Sayyaf was killed in a Delta Force raid of his Syrian compound in June, which resulted in a treasure trove of intelligence about the Islamic State group. Umm Sayyaf gave extensive information to American interrogators and has been turned over to the Iraqi Kurds for trial. |
| The Muellers have been told she can be expected to serve a long prison sentence, Lenzner told the Independent. | The Muellers have been told she can be expected to serve a long prison sentence, Lenzner told the Independent. |
| The White House and State Department declined to comment. The Guardian could not independently confirm the accounts. | The White House and State Department declined to comment. The Guardian could not independently confirm the accounts. |
| In a letter to her family that she wrote last spring before her death, Mueller says she had been “treated with the utmost respect + kindness”, adding that she was being kept in a safe location, “completely unharmed + healthy”. | In a letter to her family that she wrote last spring before her death, Mueller says she had been “treated with the utmost respect + kindness”, adding that she was being kept in a safe location, “completely unharmed + healthy”. |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report | The Associated Press contributed to this report |