BEIJING, Feb 13 Kyodo China's Amb...

BEIJING, Feb 13 Kyodo

China's Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Gao Kexiang and brace embassy employees were kidnapped by way of four armed men while upon their way home Monday night and were later rescu after a gunbattle between the kidnappers and the local police, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

The kidnappers forcibly took Gao to the Chinese Embassy and his official residence in Guinea-Bissau and took cash and other valuables, Chinese officials said.

The local police, alerted of the kidnapping, rushed to the sight early Tuesday and fought a gunbattle with the kidnappers. the same kidnapper was killed and the three others fled

Gao was physically assaulted while he was held captive and undergoed injuries to his back, Chinese officials said.

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