The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this Thursday night the skidnapping of a Spanish citizen in North Africa. “Various reliable sources confirm that a Spanish citizen is currently being held against his will in North Africa. The Government is actively working to clarify all aspects and achieve their resolution,” official sources from the ministry have reported.
According to what two sources close to the investigation informed the EFE Agency, it is finally a Spanish citizen who has been kidnapped. in southern Algeria by a jihadist group, after early this Thursday all available information indicated that the victim could be a woman who spoke Spanish.
The alarms went off late this Wednesday afternoon when consistent and reliable information from Algeria claimed that a Spanish tourist had been kidnapped by members of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara (EIGS). According to this information, the kidnappers released at the border, before entering Mali, all the people who were with the Spanish woman, who remained hostage.
The investigation is now trying to determine the whereabouts of this man and whether behind this kidnapping is a jihadist group that operates in the area, such as the Islamic State Sahel (former Islamic State in the Great Sahara, ISGS).
