French soldiers led a successful raid to free two tourists who had been kidnapped in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and ended up also freeing an American and a South Korean who they were unaware had been abducted.
Several U.S. officials told ABC News that the U.S. government was unaware until Friday that the American woman was being held.
At a news conference in Paris, French defense officials said the U.S. forces had not been involved in the raid, but had provided some intelligence support, which helped French forces locate the hostages and their kidnappers. Conversations with U.S. and South Korean officials appeared to confirm that neither country had known about the hostages, Parly said.The spokesperson with the U.S. State Department confirmed that an American had been freed, but would not say if U.S. officials were aware, prior to the raid, that an American woman was being held hostage.
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