Nigeria: Abducted Frenchman Escapes in Zaria

18 November 2013

Kaduna — A Frenchman who was kidnapped in Katsina State in December last year escaped from his captors on Thursday and fled to a police station in Zaria, the police authorities said in Kaduna yesterday.

The 63-year-old Francis Collomp was seized in Rimi village in Katsina State on December 19 by gunmen who stormed his residence and killed two people late in the night.

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