A South African man has been killed in Iraq and is believed to have been beheaded, according to a report carried by the Johannesburg newspaper, The Star, on Wednesday.
The former Pretoria Task Force policeman, who was working for an American paramilitary company, was the eighth South African killed in Iraq since January, the newspaper said.
The man worked for DynCorp and was killed in Baghdad on Monday when his convoy was ambushed by insurgents.
The South African embassy in Jordan said it was still trying to ascertain the full circumstances surrounding the event. – Sapa