Freed Red Cross hostage feared beheading
China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-13 07:43
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Freed Italian hostage Eugenio Vagni hugs his wife Kwan and their daughter Leticia shortly after arriving at a military airbase in Manila yesterday. Gaunt and haggard, Vagni was held captive for 179 days along with two colleagues. AFP |
MANILA, Philippines: Al-Qaida-linked militants freed an Italian Red Cross worker yesterday from six months of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said. The 62-year old said he was treated well but constantly feared being beheaded.
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