Kenneth Bigley | |
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 Bigley (right) with his wife Sombat in 1998 | |
| Born | Kenneth John Bigley 22 April 1942 |
| Died | 7 October 2004 (aged 62) Baghdad, Iraq |
| Cause of death | Decapitation |
| Nationality | British |
Kenneth John Bigley (22 April 1942 – 7 October 2004) was a British civil engineer who was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on 16 September 2004, along with his colleagues, U.S. citizens Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong. Following the murders of Hensley and Armstrong by beheading over the course of three days, Bigley was killed in the same manner two weeks later, despite the attempted intervention of the Muslim Council of Britain and the indirect intervention of the British government. Videos of the killings were posted on websites and blogs.[1]
- ^ "Timeline: Ken Bigley". BBC News. 8 October 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2012.