This is the excavation site from where the Germans were kidnapped
Two German citizens who were rescued from kidnappers by Nigerian security forces over the weekend are in the care of the German embassy in the capital, Abuja, the German news site Deutsche Welle reports .
The two were kidnapped on Wednesday during a dig at Jenjela village in the northern state of Kaduna while working at an archaeological centre.
Two villagers who attempted to help the Germans were shot and killed by the kidnappers, the report says.
The BBC’s Abuja bureau editor Naziru Mikailu says the kidnappers had demanded $200,000 (£160,000) for their release, but a police official said that no ransom was paid.
The police deployed a special unit and used aerial surveillance to secure their release, the officer said.
Deutsche Welle says the two archaeologists, from Goethe University in Frankfurt, are doing well, quoting an unnamed source at the German foreign office.
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