A mediator involved in negotiations to free two Austrian tourists kidnapped by an al-Qaeda affiliate in Tunisia is believed to have been killed.According to an Algerian source quoted in the Arab daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat, the Tuareg mediator was murdered in a region on the border of Mali and Algeria.His death has reportedly brought a stalemate in negotiations between Austrian authorities and representatives of Abdel Hamid Abu Zayd, local head of the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb.
The Austrian couple was abducted in Tunisia Feb. 22, and have been moved from Tunisia to Algeria to a remote area of Mali, which is well-known as an Al-Qaeda stronghold.
Prayers for the family of the murdered negotiator, and continued prayers for the safety and rescue of Andrea and Wolfgang.
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