Two Spanish journalists held by Al-Qaeda group in Syria

A radical group linked to Al-Qaeda kidnapped two Spanish journalists in Syria in September, El Mundo newspaper reported on Tuesday.

El Mundo correspondent Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, a freelance photographer, were seized on September 16 in Raqqa province, the Spanish daily said on its website.

AFP/Charly Triballeau - Javier Espinosa of Spanish newspaper "El Mundo" poses after winning the writing press prize at the annual Bayeux-Calvados award ceremony on October 13, 2011 in Bayeux, western France