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Hunt continues for Gaza reporter | Hunt continues for Gaza reporter |
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Renewed attempts are being made to find BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, who has been missing since Monday afternoon and is feared kidnapped. | |
The BBC has sent a team to Gaza to liaise with Palestinian officials. | |
Palestinian security officials say he was kidnapped from his car by masked gunmen, but the BBC says it cannot independently verify these reports. | Palestinian security officials say he was kidnapped from his car by masked gunmen, but the BBC says it cannot independently verify these reports. |
Other reports in Gaza say he is healthy and negotiations are under way with the abductors to secure his release. | Other reports in Gaza say he is healthy and negotiations are under way with the abductors to secure his release. |
ALAN GRAHAM JOHNSTON Born in Lindi, Tanzania, on 17 May 1962Graduated with an MA in English and Politics from Dundee University, Scotland, and a diploma in Journalism Studies from the University of Wales in CardiffJoined the BBC World Service in 1991. He has been a correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Gaza Living with risk in Gaza | ALAN GRAHAM JOHNSTON Born in Lindi, Tanzania, on 17 May 1962Graduated with an MA in English and Politics from Dundee University, Scotland, and a diploma in Journalism Studies from the University of Wales in CardiffJoined the BBC World Service in 1991. He has been a correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Gaza Living with risk in Gaza |
The BBC says it is continuing to work with the Palestinian authorities and others to establish the facts surrounding Alan Johnston's disappearance. | The BBC says it is continuing to work with the Palestinian authorities and others to establish the facts surrounding Alan Johnston's disappearance. |
He disappeared on Monday after leaving the BBC office in Gaza City. | He disappeared on Monday after leaving the BBC office in Gaza City. |
There has been a series of abductions of Westerners in the increasingly lawless Gaza Strip. | There has been a series of abductions of Westerners in the increasingly lawless Gaza Strip. |
All were eventually released unharmed. | All were eventually released unharmed. |
The motives for the abductions were mainly local: unpaid salaries, demands for jobs or the release of jailed family members. | The motives for the abductions were mainly local: unpaid salaries, demands for jobs or the release of jailed family members. |
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