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Austria: Reporter missing in Libya believed alive

25 April 2011 18:07 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Austria’s foreign ministry says a photographer who went missing in Libya is believed to be alive and well and may soon by allowed to call his relatives, APA reports quoting â€œAssociated Pressâ€.
Spokesman Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal says Anton Hammerl, who holds both South African and Austrian citizenship, is likely being held either in a jail or on a military base and that every possible lead is being pursued to secure his release.
Launsky-Tieffenthal added Monday that Hammerl appeared not to have been arrested with three other journalists seized by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on April 5 while reporting on the conflict in the North African country.
The parents of one received a call Saturday from their son, Spaniard Manuel Varela de Seijas Brabo, saying he was well in a Tripoli jail.