 On 9 September, four days after the kidnap, a British Army raid rescued Farrell.Corporal John Harrison, a British soldier from the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Special Forces Support Group and Farrell's interpreter, Sultan Munadi were killed.During his captivity, media organizations and Wikipedia imposed a news blackout on his kidnapping, similar to that which had taken place during the kidnapping of fellow "New York Times" journalist David Rohde a few months earlier, for fear that media attention would increase the risk to the captives.