Daniel Pearl
Daniel Jacob Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist.
Pearl was kidnapped while working as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Mumbai, India. He had gone to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between Richard Reid (the "shoe bomber") and Al-Qaeda. He was subsequently beheaded by his captors.
In July 2002, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, was sentenced to death by hanging for Pearl's abduction and murder.
In March 2007, at a closed military hearing in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said that he had personally beheaded Pearl. Al-Qaeda member Saif al-Adel has also been connected with the murder of Daniel Pearl.
Read more about Daniel Pearl: Early Life, Abduction, Video of His Murder, Arrests, Aftermath, Legacy
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