Peter Moore, the British hostage who was held hostage in Iraq has been released after 2.5 years said Secretary David Miliband.
Mr Moore, an IT consultant who was captured in Baghdad in May 2007 was in good health and delighted at his release.
Mr Miliband said the Moore family felt deep relief after two-and-a-half years of “misery, fear and uncertainty”.
Four others, all bodyguards were also captured with Mr Moore but 3 were shot dead and the fourth is also thought to have been killed.
The bodies of Jason Swindlehurst, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Jason Creswell, of Glasgow, were returned to the UK in June 2009, followed by that of Alec MacLachlan, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, in September.
Mr Miliband has called for the release of the body of the fourth guard – Alan McMenemy from Glasgow.
Mr Miliband said Mr Moore, who had been released on Wednesday morning, was in the British Embassy in Baghdad and would be reunited with his family as soon as possible.
