Two French journalists kidnapped by gunmen in Mali earlier on Saturday have been killed, according to an initial report from Reuters.<br /><br />The bodies of the men, abducted in the northern Malian town of Kidal, were found just outside the town – a local official, sources from the Tuareg separatist group MNLA and Malian security services told Reuters.<br /><br />“A few minutes after a pursuit began for the abductors of the two French, we were informed that their bodies were found riddled with bullets outside the town,” said Paul-Marie Sidibe, prefect of the town of Tinzawaten, who is based in Kidal. <br /><br />The journalists, employees of French radio station Radio France International (RFI), had been interviewing a member of the MNLA shortly before they were taken.<br /><br />RFI said it had not heard from the journalists since they were kidnapped.
