An Australian professor and three colleagues have been kidnapped while doing a field study in Papua New Guinea.

The four people are being held hostage, with the attackers seeking a large ransom for the captive's release.

Global Directions Think Tank managing director Keith Suter told 6PR Afternoons it is an awful situation.

An Australian professor and three colleagues have been kidnapped while doing a field study in Papua New Guinea.
The four people are being held hostage, with the attackers seeking a large ransom for the captive's release.
Global Directions Think Tank managing director Keith Suter told 6PR Afternoons it is an awful situation.

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