31.   Lamle said he and a colleague from the British embassy would fly to Jayapura late Wednesday and then travel to the area where the kidnapping reportedly took place.

32.   Most kidnappings take place in Manila and in the main southern island of Mindanao, where groups of former Moslem rebels turned bandits operate.

33.   The German was flown to Wamena, the main town in the Jayawijaya district where the kidnapping took place, together with the missionaries.

34.   The kidnapping took place near the town earlier Thursday.