Three Italians and a Togo citizen were kidnapped in Mali by "armed men".
This was reported by local sources cited by France Presse.
The kidnapping took place on Thursday evening in the south-east of the country, according to reports to the AFP by a local manager and a Malian security source.
"On Thursday evening, armed men on board a vehicle kidnapped three Italians and a Togolese in the town of Sincina" in the south-east of the country, the local source specified.