Vigils held for reporter amid growing fears

A SERIES of vigils in support of the kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston were held yesterday amid unconfirmed claims he had been killed.

Tue, 17 Apr, 2007 - 01:00
Matt Dickinson

His parents, politicians and colleagues called for the release of “our boy”, who was abducted by masked gunmen as he returned to his apartment in Gaza City on March 12.

A previously unknown Palestinian group, The Brigades of Tawheed and

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