Madagascar: 9 arrests after kidnapping of French boy Nine people have been arrested in Madagascar after a 12-year-old French boy was kidnapped last week, the French ambassador to Madagascar, François Goldblatt, has said. Houssein Anvaraly, who comes from the Karana community in Madagascar, was abducted as he left school last Tuesday and was released after 4 days following the payment of a ransom. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES