They said the abductions occurred late on Thursday about 100 kilometres from the border with Burkina Faso, part of a west African region hit by turmoil, kidnappings as well as conflict blamed on armed jihadists.
A Malian security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said two Italian adults and their child, along with a Togolese, were kidnapped.He said the abductions took place in the southeastern town of Sincina, around 100 kilometres from the Burkina Faso border. It said it was making"every effort" to secure a positive outcome to the case, while emphasising,"in agreement with family members, the need to maintain the utmost discretion".Frequent kidnappingsKidnappings are frequent in Mali, though motives span from criminal to political reasons.
Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes amid violence that began in the north of the country and spread to the centre, and then to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.
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