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NIAMEY, Niger — Two Westerners believed to be French nationals were kidnapped late Friday by armed men who burst into an upscale bar in Niger’s capital where they were sitting and forced the Westerners to leave with them.
It was not possible to confirm whether the incident shortly before midnight Friday is by a group known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. If it is, it will mark the first time foreigners were taken by the al-Qaeda franchise from the capital of an African country.
