"I record this message, which I direct to you personally in the month of July 2012, 3 years after my abduction, 3 years away from my family, my wife and my children; 3 years of solitude," reads the English transcript of his statement.
"Waxaan soo duubayaa cajalkaan aan idiin soo dirayo bishan July 2012 oo ah 3 sano kadib markii la I afduubay, islamarkaana aan ka fogahay qoyskeyga, xaaskeyga iyo caruurteyda" ayuu sidoo kale yiri Dennis Alex.