Jihadists captured First Lieutenant Mu’ath Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh (top right) after his warplane came down while conducting airstrikes over Syria, the Jordanian military said. The ISIS branch in Raqqa published photographs on jihadist websites showing its fighters holding the pilot (left in white t-shirt). A picture was also released which, it has been claimed, showed the smouldering wreckage of the crashed jet (bottom right). The US tonight dismissed claims ISIS were responsible for bringing the aircraft down. The pilot’s father said that he hoped ISIS would be compassionate. He said:
‘I pray to God to instill compassion in your hearts.’ His plea came as distraught relatives gathered outside the pilot’s family home, anxious to hear the latest news about him.
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