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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Four Mormon missionaries were released unharmed Wednesday after being held hostage for more than three days by kidnappers in Nigeria's oil region, church officials said.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders in Nigeria worked with local and tribal leaders to end the kidnapping, said M. Russell Ballard, one of the church's governing leaders.
The church gave the kidnappers $810 to cover the expenses of caring for the men during their capture, Ballard said. He did not characterize the payment as ransom for their release.
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