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Wednesday 27 January 2016

Swiss Missionary Taken Hostage by Islamist Militants in Mali


Al Qaeda's North Africa affiliate says it's taken a Swiss missionary hostage.

Beatrice Stockly, who'd been kidnapped by Islamist militants once before in 2012, appeared Tuesday in a new video released by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.


In the roughly eight-minute video, a masked man with a British accent demands that other prisoners be released in exchange for the missionary. Stockly appears wearing a hijab and says she was kidnapped by the group in Mali.

Earlier this month, the Swiss foreign ministry said it had learned of the kidnapping of a Swiss citizen in Mali and convened a task force to achieve her release.


Officials had advised her against returning to Mali after the 2012 kidnapping incident, the foreign ministry said.

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