SYDNEY: A female hostage, one of four people held captive by an armed group in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, was released and negotiations are continuing for a 'peaceful resolution' to the situation, the Pacific island nation's police commissioner said. A group of archaeology researchers, includin
SYDNEY: A female hostage, one of four people held captive by an armed group in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, was released and negotiations are continuing for a"peaceful resolution" to the situation, the Pacific island nation's police commissioner said.
The group were on a field trip to the remote village of Fogoma'iu in the Mount Bosavi region, near the boundary of Southern Highlands and Hela provinces. "The release of one female Papua New Guinean captive is a positive outcome, and negotiations continue for the safe release of the remaining two female Papua New Guineans and the male New Zealand citizen," Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Police said on Monday that special security forces were travelling by air to the area and would use lethal force against the criminal gang if necessary to secure the release of the hostages.Any harm to the captives would result in a swift security response, Manning warned the abductors.
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