Two Czech women kidnapped in Pakistan in 2013 freed

PRAGUE

Two young Czech women kidnapped
in Pakistan in 2013 have  been freed,
and have  returned  home ,Prime
Minister Bohuslav,

"I can  confirm that Hana  Humpalove
and Antonie Chrastecka have  already
returned to the Czech  Republic "Sobotka
told the CT24 news channel,

He added that the two 26-year -old women
were freed with the  help of the Turkist
Muslim humanitarian organsiation IHH,

The agency said Chrastecka  and Humpalove
had arrived in the eastern Turkist province
of Van  late on  Friday  following two
months of intense talks,

Izzet  Sahin ,the IHH oficial  leading the
negotiations with the kidnappers ,told the
agency the  famlies of the victims had con-
tacted the Turkish charity as a last resort
after exhausting all other means to  save the
pair,

We  have put into use every tool at our
disposal to get them back ,We have delivered
them to  their  families safetly today,"
Sahin told Anadolu,adding that the chairity
still did not know  why the Czechs had
been kidnapped,AFP