Nine Senegalese citizens, who had been working for a mine clearance organization, have been set free by rebels who kidnapped then in the southern region of Casamance in May.
On Friday, the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) freed the nine hostages, who were part of a group of 12 employees of the South African demining firm Mechem, the Senegalese state news agency APS reported.
“They were released and handed over to a Guinea Bissau-based NGO who will hand them to Bissau authorities… They will later be transferred to Senegalese officials at the border on Saturday,” the APS report said.
Three women had also been abducted along with the nine employees on May 4, but they were set free on May 29.
The MFDC rebels have been waging a low-level insurgency for independence in the countryâ„¢s southern border region with Guinea-Bissau for the past 31 years.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV