Security officers patrol the area near to the site where gunmen abducted German archaeologists professor Peter Breunig and his associate Johannes Behringer in Janjala Village, Nigeria. (Lekan Oyekanmi/Associated Press)KADUNA, Nigeria — Nigerian security agents have freed two German archaeologists kidnapped by gunmen at a remote dig, the governor of northern Kaduna state said Sunday. Governo Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai “commended the security agencies for their efforts in securing the release of the Germans,” said a statement. Two villagers who tried to help the Germans were shot and killed by the kidnappers, the police said. Victims usually are freed unharmed after a ransom is paid, though security forces have rescued a few high-profile abductees.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2017 15:10 UTC