Australian professor among three hostages released in Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY – An Australian archaeologist and two Papua New Guinea researchers held for every week by 20 armed males in a distant a part of the Pacific Island nation had been launched on Sunday, whereas their captors stay at giant, an area official stated.

Professor Bryce Barker and doctoral scholar Teppsy Beni from the College of Southern Queensland, and Papua New Guinea Nationwide Museum researcher Jemina Haro had been launched after a ransom cost, stated Alphonse Seiyaka, an official with the federal government of Mount Bosavi, the place the three had been held in rugged terrain.

“They didn’t catch the criminals,” Seiyaka stated. As quickly as troopers exchanged cash for the Australian and the 2 Papua New Guinea ladies, he stated, the captors “ran away into the bush.”