Three Italians and a Togolese national were kidnapped "
by armed men
" Thursday evening in southeastern Mali, AFP learned from a local elected official and a Malian security source.
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“
Armed men kidnapped three Italian nationals and a Togolese on Thursday night (…) We are doing everything to obtain their release
,” a Malian security source told AFP. anonymity, specifying that the kidnapping took place in the locality of Sincina (south-east).