Rebels have abducted 12 more foreigners on the outskirts of Freetown, including a Spanish journalist yesterday and 11 Indian businessmen on Sunday, news agencies said. A second abducted journalist, of the Paris-based ‘Le Figaro’ newspaper, was freed by the rebels later yesterday after they ordered him to pass on their demand for negotiations with ECOMOG, Reuters said today. The rebels said the Spanish journalist would not be released until their demand was broadcast on radio, according to news reports. One of the 11 abducted Indian businessmen is also the honorary consul to Japan, AFP said.
Meanwhile, Pope John Paul has condemned as a “barbarous assassination” the killing of an Italian nun by RUF rebels on Friday, news agencies said. “No motive can justify” such an attack, AP reported the Pope as saying on Sunday while celebrating Mass in Mexico City.
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