The Roman Catholic Church in Sierra Leone is trying to secure the release of two Italian missionaries who were abducted by armed men who had crossed into Guinea from Sierra Leone on Wednesday, Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi told IRIN on Friday.
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels are suspected of kidnapping the reverends Franco Manganello, 62, and Vittorio Mosele, 64, in a pre-dawn attack on the town of Pamalap, about 100 km southeast of Guinea's capital, Conakry. An Italian layman, Giuseppe Giacomello, was with the Xaverian missionaries as gunfire approached the town. He left the house, despite warnings from the priests, and was immediately robbed by two gunmen.
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