South African killed in Yemen 人質 救助（する） 計画（する）
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― South African Pierre Korkie was just a day from freedom, after 存在 held 捕虜 for 18 months by al-Qaida in Yemen, when he was killed in a U.S. 救助（する） 試みる／企てる Saturday, によれば the 非，不，無-政治の group Gift of the Givers.
Korkie, one of two 人質s killed in the 軍の 成果／努力, had been working as a teacher in Yemen before he was kidnapped. 交渉者s said they had reached 協定 for him to be 解放（する）d Sunday.
"A team of Abyan (Yemeni) leaders met in Aden this morning and were 準備するing the final 安全 and logistical 手はず／準備, 関係のある to 人質 解放（する） 機械装置s, to bring Pierre to safety and freedom," said Imtiaz Sooliman, 創立者 of Gift of the Givers. "It is even more 悲劇の that the words we used in a conversation with Yolande at 5:59 this morning was: 'The wait is almost over.'"
This is an undated photo 供給するd by the Korkie family, of South African, Pierre Korkie. An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida 交戦的なs in Yemen were killed Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, during a U.S.-led 救助（する） 操作／手術 that 大統領 Barack Obama said he ordered because of "切迫した danger" to the U.S. 人質. South African Pierre Korkie is believed to have died during the flight, while American Luke Somers died on the ship, によれば 上級の U.S. 公式の／役人s who spoke on 条件 of anonymity because the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） had yet to be 認可するd for 解放（する）. (AP Photo/Korkie Family)
Korkie was kidnapped in the Yemeni city of Taiz in May 2013, along with his wife Yolande, who was doing 救済 work there. She was 解放（する）d in January without 身代金 as a result of 交渉s by the South African 救済 group.
However al-Qaida 交戦的なs 需要・要求するd a $3 million 身代金 for Korkie's 解放（する）, によれば those の近くに to the 交渉s. Although the 身代金 需要・要求する was dropped, the kidnappers 需要・要求するd a "facilitation 料金," said the 援助（する） group. The 公表されていない 量 was raised by Korkie's family and friends, によれば the South African 圧力（をかける） 機関 (SAPA).
On Nov. 26 an 協定 was reached for him to be 解放（する）d and he was to be 解放する／自由なd on Sunday, said Sooliman, 創立者 of Gift of the Givers, a 目だつ 援助（する） group in South Africa.
Korkie was killed 早期に Saturday morning when U.S. 軍隊s 急襲するd in to try to 解放する／自由な him and fellow 人質, American Luke Somers.
"The psychological and emotional 荒廃 to Yolande and her family will b e 構内／化合物d by the knowledge that Pierre was to be 解放（する）d by al Qaida tomorrow (Sunday)," Gift of Givers said in a 声明 Saturday. Korkie, 56, is 生き残るd by his wife and two children.
Speaking Saturday, Sooliman said: "You can't 非難する anybody for this. You can't 告発する／非難する or 非難する them (the U.S. 軍隊s). It's just unfortunate that it happened."
Korkie was a 献身的な teacher, said a family friend. "Teaching was his life. His heart took him to Yemen. He loved teaching the poor," said Daan Nortier, who is 事実上の／代理 as a family 広報担当者.
Korkie's 団体／死体 is 現在／一般に held by the U.S. 軍隊s and the South African 政府 will work with the U.S. 軍の and the Yemeni 政府 for the 本国送還 of his remains, said Nelson Kgwete, 広報担当者 of South Africa's Department of International Relations.
の中で the many South Africans 表明するing 悲しみ at Korkie's death was South African 走者 Zola Budd, who was once coached by Korkie. Budd is 荒廃させるd, her 経営者／支配人 Ray de Vries said in a 声明 Saturday, によれば the South African 圧力（をかける） 機関.
Earlier this year, Budd 参加するd in South Africa's Comrades マラソン and 献身的な her run to Korkie and 控訴，上告d for his 解放（する）.
This is an undated photo 供給するd by the Korkie family, of South African Pierre Korkie. An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida 交戦的なs in Yemen were killed Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, during a U.S.-led 救助（する） 操作／手術 that 大統領 Barack Obama said he ordered because of "切迫した danger" to the U.S. 人質. South African Pierre Korkie is believed to have died during the flight, while American Luke Somers died on the ship, によれば 上級の U.S. 公式の／役人s who spoke on 条件 of anonymity because the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） had yet to be 認可するd for 解放（する）. (AP Photo/Korkie Family)
