A South African charity said Sunday (April 28th) it had received video evidence that a freelance photographer kidnapped in Syria was alive, more than two years after he was captured, AFP reported.
Shiraaz Mahomed was kidnapped January 10th, 2017 as he travelled to the Turkish border from a hospital supported by the Gift of the Givers charity in the Syrian town of Darkoush, 100 kilometres west of Aleppo.
"Gift of the Givers has received proof of life for journalist Shiraaz Mahomed," the charity's head Imtiaz Sooliman said.
In a 30-second video clip, Mohamed is seen speaking in front of an armed man on April 13th.
Many foreign journalists have been kidnapped since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, often by the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS).
