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Three Turkish engineers seized at the same time were freed seven months later, but Van Deventer remained in captivity and was moved to Mali. "I'm launching a fresh appeal … we desperately need him home," his wife, Shereen van Deventer, told AFP. "He's a father of three children," she added, referring to their children ages 12 to 18 years.