The ISIS group has said it was holding a Chinese and a Norwegian hostage and asked for an unspecified ransom for their release. In Oslo, PM Erna Solberg confirmed a Norwegian citizen was being held, and insisted that ‘Norway does not pay ransoms.’ The ISIS announcement came in the latest issue of the Sunni Muslim jehadis’ English-language magazine, Dabiq, distributed on Twitter. It gave no details about where or when they were captured, or where they are being held. In the case of each man, it published an “advertisement” announcing that he was “for sale”. Under each man’s photograph, it says: “To whom it may concern of the Crusaders, pagans, and their allies, as well as what are referred to as human ‘rights’ organisations, this prisoner was abandoned by his Government, which did not do its utmost to purchase his freedom.” At the bottom it said: “Whoever would like to pay the ransom for his release and transfer can contact the following telegram number,” adding that this is a “limited time offer”.