Man tells of escape from Somali captors

A FRENCH security agent kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month said he escaped yesterday while his captors slept, then walked five hours through one of the most dangerous cities in the world to safety at the country’s presidential palace.

Marc Aubriere, who was seized along with another agent in July 14, denied reports he killed any of his captors during his escape.

“The militants who were holding me treated me well, they were giving me nice food,” he said before boarding a plane to leave Mogadishu. “I was not harmed. There is noone I have killed or injured while I was escaping.” He said he escaped at midnight when his guards “were tired and sleepy”.