Armed men kidnapped a French journalist Sunday, near Bossasso in Somalia's North Western Puntland region.
According to Al Jazeera, The reporter's car was pulled over by three men with AK-47s, who later demanded a ransom of 70,000 dollars.
The abductee's driver says that the journalist contacted the armed group about a story concerning Somali immigrants being smuggled into Yemen, but the group reneged the deal.
French authorities are in touch with "those who seem to be the abductors" and will be seeking his release.
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