4 Jul 2007

BBC Reporter Alan Johnston is released in Gaza

BBC reporter Alan Johnston has said it is "just unimaginably good to be free" after 114 days in captivity in Gaza.
He said his ordeal felt like being "buried alive", and was "sometimes quite terrifying".

Mr Johnston, 45, was handed over to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza City. Britain said the group had played a key role in his release.

The reporter said he had not been tortured by the Army of Islam group which seized him on 12 March.
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