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| FRANCIS COLLOMP |
A French engineer taken hostage in Nigeria in December 2012, Francis Collomp escaped from his abductors yesterday during a gun battle between the terrosrist and Nigerian forces.
President of France said that "France had never ceased to make every effort to achieve this happy outcome. He expresses all of his gratitude to Nigerian authorities, with whom France worked in close cooperation, for their decisive action," Hollande said.
"This long-awaited news does not make us forget our seven compatriots who are still being held in Syria, in Mali and in Nigeria. France will continue to work tirelessly for their release."
Collomp was kidnapped by around 30 armed men who attacked the residence of French firm Vergnet, the company for which he is working, in the state of Katsina in northern Nigeria on the border with Niger.
The kidnapping was claimed by Nigerian radical Islamist group Ansaru, which has links to extremist group Boko Haram.
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