BBC Terrorists release Swiss hostage
A Swiss man held hostage for six months by members of al-Qaeda in Mali has been freed, Swiss and Malian officials say.
Werner Greiner - seized in Niger - is the last of six Western hostages held by a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb.
In May, the group announced on a website that it had killed British hostage Edwin Dyer.
The group had been demanding the release of radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada from a UK prison.
"The Swiss Foreign Ministry learnt with joy that the efforts towards the liberation of the last Swiss hostage in Mali have been successful," the ministry said in a statement. More BBC prop
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