Emotional homecoming for kidnapped Libyan journalists
- 12 years ago
Two kidnapped Libyan journalists return home to much celebration.
Misrata-based reporter-cameraman Abdelqadir Fassouk and cameraman Yusuf Badi went missing on July 7 covering Libya's historic national assembly elections.
They were working near Bani Walid, the stronghold of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Misrata was one of the first cities to join the revolt against Gaddafi and has a history of rivalry with Bani Walid.
Local media said the captors of the journalists demanded the release of detainees in Misrata in return for freeing them.
After an emotional greeting on the runway, their homecomings brought family members to tears.
Lindsey Parietti, Reuters
Misrata-based reporter-cameraman Abdelqadir Fassouk and cameraman Yusuf Badi went missing on July 7 covering Libya's historic national assembly elections.
They were working near Bani Walid, the stronghold of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Misrata was one of the first cities to join the revolt against Gaddafi and has a history of rivalry with Bani Walid.
Local media said the captors of the journalists demanded the release of detainees in Misrata in return for freeing them.
After an emotional greeting on the runway, their homecomings brought family members to tears.
Lindsey Parietti, Reuters