11-24-2012, 10:00 AM
I woke up to hear this on BBC Radio Four news programme. I am quite distressed to hear this.
Some poor soul had sent a radio message to the radio news programme. He has been taken hostage in the Sinai. The hostage holders are requesting $10,000 for each hostage, of which, apparently there are several hundreds. These people come from poor families and are Erytrean immigrants (who are dead poor anyway). The threat is that if the perpetrators don't get the ransom within 5 days, they just plainly kill off their victims.
Apparently this is truly happening. Confirmation was given by an association based in Amsterdam that is following these happenings.
I am shocked and appalled. I feel so helpless about doing anything for these people.
Please keep yourselves informed. Just in case there IS something we can do.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/new...772577.stm
Some poor soul had sent a radio message to the radio news programme. He has been taken hostage in the Sinai. The hostage holders are requesting $10,000 for each hostage, of which, apparently there are several hundreds. These people come from poor families and are Erytrean immigrants (who are dead poor anyway). The threat is that if the perpetrators don't get the ransom within 5 days, they just plainly kill off their victims.
Apparently this is truly happening. Confirmation was given by an association based in Amsterdam that is following these happenings.
I am shocked and appalled. I feel so helpless about doing anything for these people.
Please keep yourselves informed. Just in case there IS something we can do.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/new...772577.stm