The abducted tourists in Niger left yesterday at around 1 pm the Algerian territory in the borders centre Taleb el Aribi in El Ouadi wilaya (province) heading to Italy via Tunisia after crossing 1100 kilometres by road. The tourists namely 21 Italians, a Brazilian lady as well as a German tourist reached Janet. Reliable sources said that an Italian tourist is still hold hostage by the Nigerian armed group, who kidnapped them in the Nigerian- Chadian borders.
| “The kidnappers said they want 'to set up an independent State in Niger', so the abduction occurred to draw global opinion...” |
The kidnappers said they want “to set up an independent State in Niger”, so the abduction occurred to draw the global opinion as well as its international organisations attention to the Saharan Revolutionary Armed Forces Front claims. The same sources further mentioned that the tourists have been released and thrown in the Sahara is a matter of fact of security coordination difficulties between the neighbouring States sharing together a huge part of the Great Sahara, this is the reason why these regions remained sheltered, as referred to by these states still unable to control drugs, weapons, and cigarettes smugglers and recently become a safe-haven to many political oriented armed groups, as well as other armed criminal bands. Note recalling that many tourists have been repeatedly victims of illegal activities. |