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“If we know somebody is coming here to do warrant-less abductions of the residents of this city, those are not our partners,” he said.

Fresh searches took place in 2014 but it seemed that time had obscured any evidence that might lead to the person responsible for her abduction.

Mwangi said his "abduction" was shocking in how brazen it was as he had been "picked from a very prominent hotel".

The intelligence files - along with testimony from several former regime officials - now reveal what happened to the journalist after his abduction.

Authorities said the arrests were in connection with investigations into a recent abduction attempt in Nantes and the attempted kidnapping of a woman and child in Paris in May.