Two militants executed in response to Jordanian pilot's death

Jordan hanged two Iraqis on Wednesday, including a female militant, hours after Islamic State released a video appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive, a security source and state television said.

Islamic State militants had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage who was later killed.

Jordan has promised an "earth-shaking response" to the killing of its pilot, Muath al-Kasaesbeh.

Authorities also executed a senior al Qaeda prisoner, an Iraqi man who was sentenced to death in 2008 for militancy.

The prisoners were executed in Swaqa prison, a large facility 70 km south of the capital, Amman, just before dawn, a security source who was familiar with the case said.