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There should be “rush” in the negotiations after a pestor in Tennessee was abducted while preaching at the Church in South Africa, a pensioner FBI Agent And negotiator for hostages from Knoxville told Fox News Digital.
“No rush in this,” Jason Pack told Fox News Digital on Friday night. “A soothing things, slowing things down and just having that dialogue and listening to see what [the hostage takers] The desire is really the key here. “
Said he was sure that US authorities were in close contact with South African The authorities, which are conducted by the investigation, add that together with the US embassy there, the FBI also has a legal Office for an attachment to be included.
The package explained, “Negotiators want to buy time and slow things down. Generally speaking, when such an incident happens, there is a lot of adrenaline pumping, a lot of risk of violence. So in general, at a time when these incidents happen, this is the biggest risk of violence.
Josh Sullivan, 45, made it difficult for several armed, masked men who broke into his church on Thursday night in East Cape Province, took cell phones from parishioners and drove from Sullivan in their own truck. (Baptist Church/Facebook)
Josh Sullivan, 45, made it difficult for several armed, masked men who broke into his church on Thursday night in East Cape Province, took cell phones from parishioners and drove from Sullivan in their own truck.
Sullivan, a missionary, came to South Africa with his wife and two children in 2018.
“THe is now the main goal of both the South African government and the US government, the return of Pastor Sullivan is sure to his family and his loved ones, without anyone being injured, “Pack emphasized.” This is currently a key goal. ”
He added that “if there was a silver lining in any of that” it would be “if none of the other family members were injured.”
Sullivan was abducted from the Eastern Cape province on Thursday night. (Paul Botes/AFP via Getty Images)
Pack said that could mean that the abduction was for money, not for a “political statement” against Americans or missionaries.
“So, we hope it will indicate an open line and an open dialogue that people involved in it will want to do it, and so everyone can go home safely,” he said.
Pack added that Sullivan and his family from The same part of Tennessee While he and “the community gathering around them. They pray for a safe return of pastor and his family with their loved ones and for his family here in the Eastern Tennessee, there are certainly prayers.”
He said that he was sure that US authorities were in close contact with the South African authorities, which were being investigated, adding that, along with the US embassy there, the FBI also has a legal office for Attalé, which will be included. (Getty Images/Fox News Digital)
Said that Fox News Digital “mThe ost of these things is resolved by words, not by force. So the more you can have an open dialog, the more we can talk and listen to, I think you are more successful in these situations. “
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He added that although the arrest of his kidnappers is important: “It is not about the negatives of the villains at the moment, it is about Mr. Sullivan’s safety, which is the safety that people are involved in. So, we can work on that later.”
