A British man held hostage in Iraq for over two-and-a-half years has been freed.
Computer expert Peter Moore, 36, was kidnapped along with his four bodyguards at the finance ministry in Baghdad on 29 May 2007.
Fears for his safety grew after the bodies of three of the security guards were handed over to UK authorities.
But British Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirmed today that Mr Moore had been released and is in ‘good health’.
He said: ‘Peter was set free by his captors this morning in Baghdad and delivered to the Iraqi authorities.
‘He is now in the care of the British embassy in Baghdad.’
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was ‘hugely relieved’ by the ‘wonderful news’ that Mr Moore had been released and would be reunited with his family.
He said: ‘We pledge to continue to do everything we can to bring British hostages back to their loved ones, including the remaining hostage of the group in Iraq, Alan McMenemy. I demand that the hostage takers return him to us.’
