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Subject: [Leica] Kidnapped photographers and photojournalist
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Aug 25 16:13:29 2008
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For those sharing our great concern here in Australia:
Local media reports that:
Photographer Nigel Brennan, 37, from Bundaberg in Queensland, and Canadian
reporter Amanda Lindhout were taken hostage by gunmen on Saturday about 25km
from Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
"We have been actively engaged in this since the news of the kidnapping
occurred," [Prime Minister]Kevin Rudd said yesterday.
"We have deployed additional staff from our mission in Pretoria to our high
commission in Nairobi, which is handling this case at a consular level," he
said.
"DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) officials are providing
consular assistance to the family in Australia."
No claim of responsibility or ransom demands have been made, and the motive
for the kidnapping remains unknown.
A spokesman for the Somali Government said the whereabouts of Brennan,
Lindhout and a Somali photographer who was their translator were unknown.
"But we are getting information they are still in captivity," he said. 


Geoff
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