Jordanian government vows 'punishment and revenge' after pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh was set alight while locked in a cage
The Jordanian government has vowed "punishment and revenge" against Islamic State after the jihadi group released a video showing a Jordanian pilot they were holding hostage being burned to death inside a locked cage.
Displaying a level of brutality shocking even by the standards of the group's previous killings, the murder of First Lieutenant Muadh al-Kasasbeh is likely to heighten tensions further in Jordan, a key Arab member of US-led coalition against Isis. The kingdom has rounded up scores of jihadist sympathisers since the summer.
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