Maybe, but they the driver's life was worthless to them, so in their eyes he was worthless and they killed him.
Maybe, but my intuition tells me this is a real kidnapping. I sure wish we had more to go on than intuition, but sometimes that's all you get. The killing of the driver/translator is a tragedy, regardless of who is responsible. The kidnapping, or "kidnapping," as the case may be, remains to be sorted out. In any case, prayers are never wasted, so I'll continue with them.