By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS AND NIGEL DUARA
From a young age, ‘Islamic State’ hostage Kayla Mueller was propelled by a ‘strong desire to serve’
At an age when most kids are preoccupied with friends and school, Kayla Jean Mueller devoted herself to helping those in need around the world.
She volunteered with aid groups in her home state of Arizona and later in countries such as India and Turkey. In August 2013, she was abducted in the Syrian city of Aleppo as she left a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders.
A purported statement from ‘Islamic State’ militants said Friday that a Jordanian airstrike had killed the 26-year-old Mueller, who was being held in the northern militant stronghold of Raqqa.
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NOTE BY THE EDITOR:
I put the ‘inverted commas’ around the ‘Islamic State’, as I feel we should not call it as such (as it is a terror organization and definitely not Islamic).
Categories: Americas, Arab World
We all are from Allah and to Him we all return. Impossible to understand why this noble young lady was abducted in the first place. May she rest in peace…