DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa wing said on Thursday it would give Britain a further 15 days to release a Jordanian Islamist before carrying out its threat to kill a British hostage it is holding.
"After the British negotiator's request for extra time to settle the file, we announce to public opinion that the organisation has decided to give a final additional period of around 15 days from the end of the first period," the group said in a statement on an Islamist website. The original deadline had been May 15.
(Reporting by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Charles Dick)