Israeli businessman Ehud Avni landed in Israel Tuesday afternoon. Avni, who had been abducted in Nigeria and freed a few days later, continues to deny he was released for tens of thousands of dollars in ransom, despite such claims by sources involved in the affair.
Avni told the press upon his arrival in Israel that his abductors let him go because he has diabetes. "I told them my health would not allow me to remain there for long and I would need to leave as soon as possible," Avni said. He was held in the jungle in Nigeria, and it seems he views the whole affair as an adventure.
He said his captors gave him six slices of bread a day, vegetables and citrus to keep his blood sugar level stable.
He described his abductors as "murderers, but nice. One can find humanity in them. My health really touched them."
| Right. And you could describe me as "fat, but slender." |
Luckily, Avni was kidnapped along with his small bag of medicine and blood-sugar measuring equipment, which he says he takes with him everywhere. When asked if feared for his life, he said he only worried about what would happen when his medicine ran out. "I knew it was impossible to draw it out too long," he said.
When he reached home, he went inside and refused to come out and speak to the press.
|