The kidnappers who seized Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and held him hostage killed him by cutting his throat, the videotape furnished by Pakistani Police to the FBI shows. The videotape, said the Washington Post, shows Pearl speaking with someone, almost as if he were conducting an interview, when suddenly an unseen assailant takes a knife to his throat, according to a Pakistani source.
The tape includes no date, no audio, and no faces other than Pearl's, the source said. A man claiming to be a journalist delivered the tape to police in Sindh Province, according to a US source.
The grisly footage of Pearl being executed was relayed to the US consulate in Karachi, according to US and Pakistani sources close to the investigation.
Pearl's body has not been found but authorities said they believe the videotape to be authentic.
Bureau Report