Jalalabad, Aug27: A body that appeared to be Japanese was found Wednesday by searchers in Afghanistan looking for a kidnapped aid worker, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. Police found the bullet-ridden body of a Japanese aid worker

Police found a body believed to be a Japanese male. The body is currently being transferred to Jalalabad,” Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichita Yamamoto told a news conference. He said he couldn’t confirm any other details.

Aid worker Kazuya Ito, 31, was abducted near the city of Jalalabad early Tuesday, according to the ministry. He was an agriculture specialist with the Japanese aid group Peshawar-kai, which runs clinics in the region.

Separately, the head of Peshawar-kai said Wednesday that Ito’s body had been found.