year since a french aid worker who had gone to mali to help malnourished children was abducted sophie petang is seventy two years old back in twenty sixteen she was taken hostage by local terrorists in july this year she was shown alongside five other captives and so-called proof of life footage released by al qaida and we spoke to her son who says despite an ongoing investigation he's received no information so. no you.

year since a french aid worker who had gone to mali to help malnourished children was abducted sophie petang is seventy two years old back in twenty sixteen she was taken hostage by local terrorists in july this year she was shown alongside five other captives in so-called proof of life footage released by al-qaeda and we spoke to her son who says despite an ongoing investigation he's received no information so. don't shoot to. kill the parents prosecutor ordered an urgent investigation into his stools we are now trying to find new materials to restart it so that it will be apparent indeed to a lack of results we are establishing contacts to try to trace them in seeking any information to establish with the she's alive and when she might be found so far we have no news nothing concrete he the from the kidnappers not from any contact persons and also nothing from the foreign ministries crisis center. the number of those kidnapped by terrorists has been rocketing in recent years last year the total number worldwide reached almost sixteen thousand people back in july the french president emanue