08/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU condemns al-Qaeda murders of two Westerners. On Saturday 6 December, the European Union condemned the murders of US photo-journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie earlier that day, during a US-led rescue operation. They had been hostages of al-Qaeda in Yemen respectively since September 2013 and May 2013. Their murders are “yet another terrible example of senseless terrorist violence”, said the spokesperson for High Representative of...