Thursday, March 22, 2012

Al-Qaida confirms it has detained German engineer in Northern Africa

NOUAKCHOTT, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The North African wing of al- Qaida (AQMI) has confirmed that it's holding German engineer Edgar Fritz Raupach who was kidnapped in January near Kano state in Nigeria, a statement from this organization cited by the Nouakchott Information Agency as saying on Wednesday.

In the statement written in Arabic, AQMI asked the German authorities to immediately release and compensate "Oum Seif Allah Al Ansari" who was born Felis Lowitz, "for the inhumane treatment that he has been subjected to in German prisons."

"It's only after the release of Oum Seif Allah Al Ansari that Raupach will be set free and this should be done very first," AQMI said in its statement.

The AQMI statement was released at the same time when a video in which the German hostage appeared with his kidnappers was being broadcast.

Raupach who was abducted in January when he was working for a Nigerian construction company Dantata and Sawoe.

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