A purported statement by the Islamic State group claims that an American female hostage has been killed in Jordanian airstrikes on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa.
It identified the woman as Kayla Jean Mueller and said she was killed on Friday during prayers in airstrikes that targeted “the same location for more than an hour.”
It published photos allegedly of the bombed site, showing a damaged three-storey building.
American officials said they were looking into the report. The White House said it did not have immediate comment.
