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Stanford students reportedly kidnapped near Lake Tanganyika
Report from Dar es Salaam says three Stanford students and a Dutch citizen were abducted Monday night from the Gombe animal reserve on the Tanzanian side of Lake Tanganyika. The captors, about 40 armed men claiming Zairean origin, fled by boat. Names listed include Barbara Smuts, Kenneth Smith, Carrie Hunter, and Emilie Bergman. The U.S. State Department will evacuate the remaining students.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Stanford University
Lake Tanganyika
Zaire
Gombe
Stanford
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Calif
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Emilie Bergman
U.S. State Department