The Italian Foreign Ministry says a group of tourists, including 21 Italians, have been found in southeastern Niger a day after an attack by bandits.
Details of the incident are sketchy, but the ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the tourists may have been kidnapped in Niger near the border with Chad on Monday.
It added that the group may have been held for a ransom demand.
Earlier, the ministry said it was sending a diplomat to Niger from its mission in Ivory Coast in an effort to resolve the situation.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
