PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: A New Zealander and two other hostages have been freed in Papua New Guinea, the country's prime minister said on Sunday (Feb 26), after they were held for a week in the highlands by an armed group. 'It took us a while but the last three have been successfully returned,' Prim
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: A New Zealander and two other hostages have been freed in Papua New Guinea, the country's prime minister said on Sunday , after they were held for a week in the highlands by an armed group.
Police said they were returning to the capital Port Moresby with the three freed hostages on Sunday afternoon, where Marape would greet them. Police had been negotiating with the hostage takers, who initially demanded a ransom of US$1 million - an enormous sum in one of the Pacific's poorest nations - before dropping the asking price and abandoning a 24-hour deadline.
At the time, police said the three captives were"in reasonable health, though are being held in difficult terrain".
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