2 Tourists Kidnapped in Niger Return Home
Two Italian tourists kidnapped nearly two months ago in Niger’s desert were released in Libya and flew home, Italian officials said.
Claudio Chiodi and Ivano De Capitani were abducted along with nearly two dozen others near Niger’s border with Chad on Aug. 21. A group calling itself the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara, known by its French initials FARS, claimed responsibility, the Foreign Ministry said.
Chiodi and De Capitani were released Thursday night.
The other tourists -- about 20 Italians, a German man and a Brazilian woman -- were released a day after their abduction.
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