An al-Qaida offshoot that has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three Spaniards and a Frenchman in West Africa last month said Wednesday the four Europeans were in good health and treated according to Islamic laws.
The group's demands would be announced later, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb said.
In a statement posted Wednesday on an Islamic Web site, it said Frenchman Pierre Camatte was seized in Mali on Nov. 25 and the three Spaniards — Albert Vilalta, Roque Pascual and Alicia Gamez — were taken hostage in Mauritania five days later.
"The hostages are in good health, being treated according to Islamic sharia (laws) and France and Spain will be informed later of the mujahideen legitimate demands," the statement said.
The kidnapping, it said, was in retaliation for "the Crusaders' war against Muslims and Islam everywhere and the killing of innocent people and occupying their lands."
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