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Students demand release of their parents

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    University of Liberia students from the Mandingo Chiefdom in Lofa County have appealed for the release of their parents who, they said, were being held hostage by vigilante groups in Zorzor District, independent Star radio reported on Friday.

    Student spokesman Fokee Kroma said 200 people were being held. They were seized after unidentified armed men captured diplomats and aid workers in Voinjama, an act "in which the vigilantes suspected Mandingos of playing [an] active role", the radio said.

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