US EditionSpain says a citizen has been kidnapped in northern Africa
- A Spanish man has been kidnapped in an unspecified northern African country, according to Spain's foreign ministry.
- The man was reportedly captured in southern Algeria and taken into Mali by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.
- The foreign ministry stated that reliable sources confirm a Spanish citizen is being held against his will in northern Africa.
- Algerian authorities have not yet commented on the reported abduction.
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Salzburger NachrichtenKidnappings in the Sahel - Experts: Criminal Kidnapping
The kidnapping of an Austrian woman in Niger a week ago and of a Spaniard on Wednesday in southern Algeria indicate an increase in criminal kidnapping for economic reasons in the crisis-ridden Sahel region. This is what experts told the Spanish news agency EFE. Ali Ansari, a journalist specializing in the Sahel region, said that no jihadist groups are active in the specific areas where the kidnappings allegedly took place.
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