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| Al-Qaeda releases video of Spaniards abducted in Mauritania |
| 2010-01-18 |
| [Maghrebia] Spanish authorities received an al-Qaeda video of the three humanitarian aid workers kidnapped on November 29th in Mauritania, Spanish daily El Mundo reported on Friday (January 15th). Hostage Albert Vilalta, thought to have been wounded during the terrorist ambush of the Spanish aid convoy, appears in the video with his leg in a cast, Journal Tahalil reported. A total of six European hostages have been kidnapped in Mauritania and Mali since November. The three Spaniards, a French man and an Italian couple are reportedly being held by three different al-Qaeda groups in the northern Mali desert. In related news, senior Mauritanian government officials from the Interior, Justice and Islamic Guidance ministries visited a prison in Nouakchott to meet with representatives of some seventy Salafists currently held at the facility. The prisoners include several men convicted for murdering a French tourist family in December of 2007. The meeting came as part of the effort to prevent future terrorist attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |