Angel Sastre, one of the three Spanish hostages captured in Syria and released on Saturday said Tuesday that his greatest fear during his ten months in captivity was the possibility of being sold to the jihadist group Islamic State by their captors.
“I do not know what you are going to do or how long it will last. If you are going to kill you, they will drop or you will sell to another terrorist group,” said Angel Sastre, 35, in an interview with . the online journal Spanish
Kidnapped along with two other journalists Spaniards by the Al-Nusra Front, Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, the journalist said: “the single idea that we could sell to Daesh (Arabic acronym for ISIS) “ terrified me. ISIS, which controls a part of Syria and Iraq, has executed several hostages
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describe the conditions of his detention, Sastre says his kidnappers allowed him to learn through television from the fourth month of captivity: “through the BBC or CNN we learned how progressed the war around us, because Syria was cover almost daily. it was like living in a bubble in the conflict and be part of it . “
“in Syria I will not go back, at least for now. Now it is impossible to work there. kidnapping has become no longer a weapon of war but a profitable business,” added the reporter.
“kidnapping has become no longer a weapon of war but a profitable business”
“you can not trust anyone and you can sell anyone. the translator, the driver, the fruit bowl … it is not safe to work there and why not return to report, but we can not forget about Syria, because we have he released but there the war continues to kill people, “he said.
the other two journalists released on Saturday, Jose Manuel Lopez and Antonio Pampliega have not spoken to the press since his arrival in Spain.
Syria is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, according to reporters Without Borders (RSF), which accounted for the deaths of 139 journalists and 47 Internet users since the conflict began in 2011.
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