''May he rot in hell'': Zarqawi victim's brother

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) The brother of Ken Bigley, a British engineer beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, said the militant leader should rot in hell.

''The man was an animal and he deserved what he got. And may he rot in hell,'' Paul Bigley told Channel Four television.

Zarqawi's followers captured Ken Bigley, held him for weeks and filmed his beheading in 2004. Bigley's death traumatised his native Liverpool and his body has not been recovered.

Iraq today announced that US forces had killed Zarqawi in an air strike.

''He's gone. The world has rid themselves of a very bad person.

So he thinks he's going to paradise? I'm convinced the man is in hell,'' Paul Bigley said.

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