4 Polish Hikers Are Released by Captors
From Times Wire Reports
Four Polish men taken captive while trekking in Nepal have been freed and are continuing their journey to the Mt. Everest region, a colleague said.
The kidnappers, believed to be Maoist rebels, waylaid the men as they were making a weeklong trek along a rarely used route from the town of Jiri to Lukla, considered the gateway to Everest.
After their release, the hikers arrived in Lukla, where they planned to continue with the trek toward the Everest base camp, Mukunda Pathik of the Nepal Esperanto Assn. said.
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