| 1 | CAIRO (AP) - The Islamic State group's radio station says its Egyptian affiliate killed a Croatian hostage, the first word from the extremist group a day after a gruesome image of his beheading circulated online. |
| 2 | Al-Bayan radio station said Thursday that "soldiers of the Caliphate" killed Tomislav Salopek, "whose country is participating in the war against the Islamic State." |
| 3 | It said the killing came after a deadline passed for "the renegade Egyptian government" to meet his captors' demands to free jailed Islamist women. |
| 4 | Salopek's killing is the first of a foreign captive in Egypt, where the government has been struggling to project an image of stability and revive the economy following years of unrest. |
| 5 | Croatian officials said Wednesday that authorities could not confirm the killing with certainty. |