Video Of Captive BBC Reporter Shows Him Wearing Suicide Bomb Vest

A new video of Alan Johnston shows the captive BBC reporter wearing what he says is a suicide bomb vest. In the video, Johnston says that the bomb will be detonated if anyone tries to forcibly free him. He was snatched on March 12 on a Gaza City street. In his statement, Johnston says his captors told him negotiations for his release were "promising" until Hamas and the British government decided to "press for a military solution to his kidnapping."

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