An Australian professor, held for a week by armed men in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, has been released along with two local colleagues, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Sunday.
A group of researchers, including an Australian university professor, were taken hostage in a remote region of PNG.A group of archaeology researchers, including the professor working for an Australian university, two PNG university graduates and a program co-ordinator were taken hostage last Sunday by men demanding a cash ransom, officials have said.
The group were on a trip to the remote village of Fogoma’iu in the Mount Bosavi region, near the boundary of Southern Highlands and Hela provinces when they were seized.
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