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Bigley beheading: Man quizzed
16/01/2007 21:20 - (SA)
Ankara - A Turkish prosecutor questioned a suspected al-Qaeda militant on Tuesday about the decapitation of British engineer Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, reported the state-run Anatolia news agency.
Loa'i Mohammed Haj Bakr al-Saqa - a Syrian who is on trial in Istanbul accused of masterminding a series of suicide bombings in the city - allegedly presided in an informal court that sentenced Bigley to death in accordance with Islamic sharia law.
The 62-year-old Briton was kidnapped on September 16 2004, with two American co-workers for Gulf Services Co.
All three were beheaded. Bigley's death was confirmed on October 10 2004, but his body has never been found.
Anatolia said al-Saqa was interrogated for 1½ hours by Turkish prosecutor Huseyin Canan in the northwestern city of Kocaeli.
A diplomat from the British embassy, two British police officials, interpreters and a lawyer representing the Syrian were present, the agency reported.
During questioning, Al-Saqa reportedly told Canan that an unnamed television station based in the United Arab Emirates had footage of Bigley's beheading, which may hold answers to his murder, Anatolia reported.
Anatolia said the British officers presented written questions for al-Saqa to answer, but gave no other details.
- AP
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