(MENAFN- QNA) A British teacher who was being held captive by militants in Libya has been released and returned to his country.
"We are glad that David Bolam is safe and well after his ordeal, and that he has been reunited with his family," the Foreign Office said in a statement.
"We have been supporting his family since he was taken. We do not comment on the detail of hostage cases. The family have asked for privacy," the statement added.
Bolam, 53, who worked as an English teacher at an international school in Ben Ghazi was kidnapped in May and his captives released a video in August in which he pleaded to British Prime Minister David Cameron to secure his release. "I ask the British government and Prime Minister David Cameron...please allow me to go back to my family. I ask my family and friends, and anyone else who hears this, please can you do something to let the government understand I need to go home soon. Please, please do something to help me," he said then in the video.
A U.S. teacher working in the same school as Bolam was shot dead in December in the eastern Libyan city.
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