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Missing priests reportedly safe

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    Sixteen people missing since Friday, including the Bishop of Makeni, Giorgio Biguzzi, two priests and various aid workers, are now safe, the Missionary News Agency (MISNA) reported.

    MISNA had reported on Monday that Biguzzi was believed to have been detained by members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). However, AFRC leader Major Johnny Paul Koroma later contacted MISNA, denying any responsibility for Biguzzi’s detention. He said that, on the contrary, his men had rescued the bishop.

    Biguzzi and his group reportedly spent Monday night in Bumbuna, some 40 km northeast of Makeni. “We expect Bishop Biguzzi to arrive in Freetown by helicopter today,” a source at the Catholic relief organisation, CARITAS, told IRIN on Tuesday.

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