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| Fears for BBC Gaza correspondent | |
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| The BBC says it is concerned for the safety of a correspondent who has gone missing in the Gaza Strip. | The BBC says it is concerned for the safety of a correspondent who has gone missing in the Gaza Strip. |
| The corporation said it had been unable to contact Alan Johnston, but did not comment on Palestinian reports that he had been kidnapped. | |
| Johnston's car was found abandoned in Gaza City shortly after he left his office to drive home. | |
| Several journalists and aid workers have recently been kidnapped in Gaza. All have been released unharmed. | |
| Johnston has been the BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip for the past three years. | Johnston has been the BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip for the past three years. |
| "We are currently unable to contact him and are concerned for his safety," the BBC said in a statement. | "We are currently unable to contact him and are concerned for his safety," the BBC said in a statement. |
| "We are trying to gather as much information as possible." | "We are trying to gather as much information as possible." |
| Details of what happened are sketchy. Palestinian police said four gunmen were seen in the vicinity of where Johnston's car was found. | |
| Palestinian Interior Minister Sayeed Sayyam said Johnston's disappearance was a "criminal act". | |
| Palestinian security forces have set up checkpoints around Gaza and are searching for the correspondent. | |
| The BBC described Johnston as a "highly experienced and respected reporter". |