Guerrillas Release 60 Youths, 2 Adults
Rebels freed 60 youths and two teachers after holding them hostage for three weeks and forcing them to walk hundreds of miles through the bush.
The youths, ages 10 to 18, looked weary and suffered from swollen and bruised feet as they arrived late Saturday in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on a government plane.
Members of the UNITA rebel movement abducted the group from a youth center during a violent attack May 5 on Caxito, about 40 miles northeast of Luanda. The attack left at least 79 people dead.
The rebel group’s name is a Portuguese acronym for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola.
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