Als dit waar is, is het zeer slecht nieuws. Er zijn nauwelijks nog buitenlandse journalisten in Gaza, en daar komt nu wellicht helemaal een einde aan. Het vreemde is, dat deze journalisten veelal het verhaal van Palestijnse kant naar buiten brengen en dus een belangrijke rol spelen voor hun. Kon of wilde de Palestijnse regering journalisten niet beter beschermen? Hoeveel moeite heeft men gedaan om Johnston vrij te krijgen?
De volgende claim is onjuist:
The group, calling itself the Brigades of Tawheed and Jihad, said that its
demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails had been
ignored.
demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails had been
ignored.
Tot nu toe had geen enkele groep de ontvoering geclaimd, laat staan dat het eisen of een motief bekend had gemaakt.
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April 16, 2007
BBC reporter dead, says militant group
http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east//article1658089.ece
Sonia Verma in Jerusalem
A previously unknown Palestinian militant group last night claimed that it had killed the BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza more than a month ago.
The group, calling itself the Brigades of Tawheed and Jihad, said that its demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails had been ignored. The BBC and the Palestinian Government are treating the claim with suspicion.
"The BBC is aware of these reports," the corporation said, "but we stress that at this stage it is rumour with no independent verification."
BBC reporter dead, says militant group
http://timesonline.
Sonia Verma in Jerusalem
A previously unknown Palestinian militant group last night claimed that it had killed the BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza more than a month ago.
The group, calling itself the Brigades of Tawheed and Jihad, said that its demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails had been ignored. The BBC and the Palestinian Government are treating the claim with suspicion.
"The BBC is aware of these reports," the corporation said, "but we stress that at this stage it is rumour with no independent verification.
Group claims BBC reporter killed
http://english.
An unknown Palestinian group has said that it has killed a British journalist kidnapped over a month ago in Gaza City, but the claim could not be confirmed.
In a statement sent to news organisations on Sunday, "The Brigades of Tawheed and Jihad" said that it killed Alan Johnston, the BBC's Gaza correspondent, to support demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
However, the BBC and the Palestinian government both said there was no evidence to back up the claim.
"The BBC is aware of these reports," the corporation said in a statement. "But we have no independent verification of them."
The group claiming to have killed him is unknown in Gaza, but the name has been used elsewhere in the Middle East by organisations linked to al-Qaeda.
"This party that issued the statement about the so-called killing is unknown to the security services," Hani Kawasmeh, the Palestinian interior minister, told a news conference in Gaza City.
"There is no information to confirm the killing of Johnston until now."
Johnston was snatched at gunpoint in Gaza City on March 12. Since then there had been no demands from his captors or any word on his condition.
He has been missing longer than any other foreigner kidnapped in Gaza.
The only foreign reporter still based in Gaza, he was snatched just weeks before he was scheduled to end his three-year stint there. Other news organisations withdrew their foreign-born reporters because of the deteriorating security situation there.
In a statement sent to news organisations on Sunday, "The Brigades of Tawheed and Jihad" said that it killed Alan Johnston, the BBC's Gaza correspondent, to support demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
However, the BBC and the Palestinian government both said there was no evidence to back up the claim.
"The BBC is aware of these reports," the corporation said in a statement. "But we have no independent verification of them."
The group claiming to have killed him is unknown in Gaza, but the name has been used elsewhere in the Middle East by organisations linked to al-Qaeda.
"This party that issued the statement about the so-called killing is unknown to the security services," Hani Kawasmeh, the Palestinian interior minister, told a news conference in Gaza City.
"There is no information to confirm the killing of Johnston until now."
Johnston was snatched at gunpoint in Gaza City on March 12. Since then there had been no demands from his captors or any word on his condition.
He has been missing longer than any other foreigner kidnapped in Gaza.
The only foreign reporter still based in Gaza, he was snatched just weeks before he was scheduled to end his three-year stint there. Other news organisations withdrew their foreign-born reporters because of the deteriorating security situation there.
Source: Agencies
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