These file photos releas ed on Sept. 7 show two Italian women Simona Pari and Simona Torretta (R) taken hostage in Iraq. An Iraqi militant group known as Jihad Organization claims to have killed two Italian female aid workers in Iraq.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- An Iraqi militant group known as Jihad Organization claims to have killed two Italian female aid workers in Iraq.

    But the validity of the claim, in a statement posted Thursday on an Islamist website, could not immediately be verified.

    The Jihad group claims the Italian government did not meet their sole demand, which was a complete withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq.

    The Italian women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were kidnapped from their Baghdad offices by armed militants on September 7th.

    (CRIENGLISH.COM)