An Australian football coach kidnapped in Yemen has appeared in a video recording in which he appeals to the Australian government to pay a ransom to his captors and secure his release.
According to Site Intelligence Group, in the 12-second video Craig Bruce McAllister says that unless the Australian government or Yemen Department of Youth and Sport meet their demands they will kill him.
In a previous video the 56-year-old said he had been kidnapped by an unnamed group.
Mr McAllister was reportedly kidnapped in September 2016, while coaching under-16s at the Al-Ahli Sana'a football club.
He has worked as a football coach in the country for several years for a Christian charity.
The video is the first of McAllister since October 2016, when a video was released online in which he called for Australian authorities to meet his captors' ransom demands.
1) Breaking: Australian football coach Craig McAllister shown in new hostage vid--1st time shown since Oct vid (kidnapped in Sept in #Yemen) pic.twitter.com/SGpxMry2CA
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) January 10, 2017
The Australian government has previously confirmed it is aware one of its nationals was kidnapped in the country.
Yemen is currently engulfed in a war between a Saudi-led coalition backing President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and Houthi rebels.