The Italian kidnapped in Algeria said to be in the hands of Al Qaeda
Algeria - Arab Maghreb independent press service - The Italian tourist kidnapped in Algeria on Feb 02 said to be alive and in the hands of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in an audiotape released Friday at dawn by the television channel Al-Arabiya.
"I'm Italian and I was abducted Wednesday, February 2 in Algeria. I am still held by Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, Tarek ibn Ziyad battalion. I call on Al-Arabiya to broadcast this communication," said in hesitant French the hostage presented as Maria Sandra Mariani.
The recording begins with the voice of a man speaking in Arabic who says: "We, Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, declare to hold the woman since Wednesday, February 2 and hope she can address her chief of State".
On 7 February, the Ténéré agency's director of tourism told the Algerian daily El-Watan, citing the guide briefly detained by the kidnappers, the men who abducted the Italian in southern Algeria on board two 4X4, was speaking “the Mauritanian Arabic”.
"I'm Italian and I was abducted Wednesday, February 2 in Algeria. I am still held by Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, Tarek ibn Ziyad battalion. I call on Al-Arabiya to broadcast this communication," said in hesitant French the hostage presented as Maria Sandra Mariani.
The recording begins with the voice of a man speaking in Arabic who says: "We, Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, declare to hold the woman since Wednesday, February 2 and hope she can address her chief of State".
On 7 February, the Ténéré agency's director of tourism told the Algerian daily El-Watan, citing the guide briefly detained by the kidnappers, the men who abducted the Italian in southern Algeria on board two 4X4, was speaking “the Mauritanian Arabic”.
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