Peruvians pray for release of their compatriot

3 Jan, 2007 00:25 / Updated 17 years ago

In Peru, people have gathered to pray for the release of a photographer who was kidnapped in Gaza on Monday. His family appealed to the Palestinian and Peruvian governments to help free him.

Fifty-year old Jaime Razuri works for Agence France Presse.He was abducted in central Gaza as he got out of his car with a driver.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the kidnapping.