3 Romanian journalists freed in Iraq
Three Romanian journalists and their guide have been released in Iraq after being held hostage there for almost two months, the government said yesterday in Bucharest.
"The three journalists and their guide are safe and well and have been under the protection of the Romanian authorities since 1:44 pm local time" or 1044 GMT, said Adriana Saftoiu, a spokeswoman for President Traian Basescu.
"The four will be returning to Romania in the very near future," she added.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The Romanians, a woman and two men, were abducted on March 28 in a suburb of Baghdad, along with their guide, a businessman with both Iraqi and US citizenship.
Their kidnappers, a group calling itself the Muadh Ibn Jabal Brigade, had at one point threatened to kill the hostages if Romania refused to announce the withdrawal of its 860 troops from Iraq by April 27.
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