Michel Germaneau Killed by Magdalena Rosova

An emergency meeting orgazed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be held on Monday. On The meeting is a response to a murder of 78-year-old French hostage Michel Germaneau that happened on Sunday. Al Qaeda said a televised statement that it had killed the man. French national security team is meeting on Monday to discuss the issue. The victim Michel Germaneau was an aid worker in North Africa. He was held captive by the Islamic militants since April 19. Abdelhamid Abu Zayd, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Maghreb, claimed in the audio recording that after unsuccessful rescue mission on Friday, his group had killed the aid worker. French officials still did not receive an! y confirmation that Germaneau is dead. He was not seen since May 14 when Al Qaeda released his photo. He suffered from a serious heart illness and did not have medication. The weather conditions even worsened his health state. Germaneau worked in the Village In-Abangharet, north from Niger. His job was to build health systems and schools, he worked for aid agency Enimal. Germaneau came to Africa for the first time in 2006 with his friends. He fell in love with the country and the people and he had decided to do something for the region. Before he retired he worked as an electronics engineer. He was not married and had no children. As a retired man he devoted his life to volunteer projects in North Africa. On April 19 Al Qaeda attacked the village where Germaneau lived with his Algerian friend Abine Ouaghi. They both were captured, the Algerian was released a few day later, Germaneau was not that lucky.

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