The footage aired on Al Jazeera reportedly shows kidnapped Australian journalist Nigel Brennan and a Canadian companion / Screengrab
Australian authorities investigating footage
Thought to show kidnapped Aussie Nigel Brennan
Brennan "well mentally and physically"
AUSTRALIAN authorities are investigating video footage reported to be of Australian journalist Nigel Brennan and a Canadian companion kidnapped in Somalia.
The footage, showing 35-year-old Mr Brennan, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout, 27, and their translator and guide, Somali reporter Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi, has been aired on Al Jazeera television, Reuters reported.
They were kidnapped at gunpoint on August 23 just outside the Somali capital Mogadishu.
The footage aired yesterday showed Mr Brennan and Ms Lindhout along with armed men.
A man claiming to be Mr Brennan said: "We are very well now mentally and physically".
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said the footage was being investigated.
"We are aware that a video has been broadcast claiming to include footage of two journalists held captive in Somalia," DFAT said in a statement.
"Relevant Australian agencies are currently assessing the footage."
Australian Federal Police and extra diplomatic staff have been sent to Somalia to investigate the kidnappings.
