A delicate operation is underway in Papua New Guinea to rescue an Australian professor and three locals abducted at gunpoint.
The special operation was launched on Monday after a group of armed men reportedly took the four people captive at gunpoint in the remote highlands of the country.
The Australian professor and three researchers went missing in the PNG highlands. Picture: David Tipling/Getty Images The archeologist from Australia was in the remote area of Fogoma'iu in the Mount Bosavi region with local researchers and a project manager from the capital of Port Moresby. PNG Prime Minister James Marape has ruled out giving into ransom demands. Picture: NCA Newswire/Nikki Short
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