BBC studying tape purportedly from reporter's kidnappers

Source: AFP

LONDON (AFP) - The BBC said Wednesday that is studying the contents of a videotape purportedly from the kidnappers of its Gaza journalist who was taken hostage two months ago.

It was handed the tape, which apparently includes certain demands and pictures, one of which is apparently Alan Johnston's BBC identity card, by the Al-Jazeera news channel.

Johnston was snatched at gunpoint as he drove home from work in Gaza City on March 12. Having spent more than eight weeks in captivity he has become by far the longest-kept Westerner in the unruly territory.

The tape was delivered to Al-Jazeera in Gaza, and was produced by a group that calls itself Jaish-e-al-Islam, or The Army of Islam


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