Frenchman killed by Al Qaeda by Zivka Deleva

The illicit terroristic group Al Qaeda in the Maghreb took over the “responsibility” over the murder of the French aid worker Michel Germaneau on Sunday. The 75-year old Frenchmen was killed in Niger. He was under hostage about three months. As they usually do, the members of the Al Qaeda military group sent audio recording admiting the murder. They wanted to revenge the men from their group that were killed in a joint military raid few days ago. This was announced by the leader of AQIM, Abdelhamid Abu Zayd. French people are devastad by this act. French president had warned French citizens to avoid to visit Sahel, a region which is in North Africa and it is ver! y touristic place. He condemned the assassination/ "I condemn this barbarous act, this odious act, which has just left an innocent victim. Far from weakening our determination, his death must reinforce it." – said Sarkozy. Mr.Germaneau who was a retired engineer had a weak health and in May he had run out of medications. He was captured from the village of In-Abangharet where he stood up for building of health systems and schools in the behalf of the humanitarian aid agency Enimal. This wasn’t his first visit to Niger, but certainly was the last one. He first visited the region in 2006 wanting to observe a solar eclipse. This man with a big heart, simply couldn’t help himself and not do anything for the place. So together with few friends they decided to return to the country and start the “fight”. One more innocent victim of the terroristic thoughts. Germaneau, according to friends, was an avid traveller throughout his career and well in! to his retirement. The former electronics engineer from southw! est Fran ce was unmarried and had no children. After he retired, he devoted more and more of his time to volunteer projects throughout North Africa. There he became friends with an Algerian, Abidine Ouaghi, who he worked with in Niger to build clinics, schools and water purification systems among other projects. Ouaghi was with Germaneau on April 19 when a group of AQIM militants stormed the village to take the two men hostage. While Ouaghi was released a few days later, Germaneau was not as fortunate.

by Zivka Deleva for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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