Tuesday, July 3, 2007

BBC Journalist Alan Johnston Freed

Via indiatimes.com -

GAZA CITY: BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed early on Wednesday in Gaza City after nearly four months in captivity, following an agreement reached by the Islamist movement Hamas with his abductors. "

He was freed following an agreement with his kidnappers and he is in good health," read a Hamas statement. Johnston was seen outside the house of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya wearing jeans and a blue T-shirt with BBC colleagues. BBC 's director in Gaza, Sayed Abu Samallah, confirmed that "Alan is in our hands and he is in good health."

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