Burundi Hutu rebels freed on Thursday the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ruyigi, Monsignor Joseph Nduhirubusa, whom they seized in an ambush six days ago, the Missionary Service News Agency, MISNA, reported.
He was freed to the papal nuncio in Burundi, Monsignor Michael Courtney, in a village near to the city of Bubanza, some 31 km north of Bujumbura. Courtney described Nduhirubusa as being exhausted, but "in good condition".
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