Ukrainian MP kidnapped by unidentified attackers in Odessa

Ukraine Parliament member Oleksii Honcharenko (C), of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party, attends a news conference with other Ukraine parliamentarians to discuss arming Ukrainians against Russia, Capitol Hill in Washington, February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian lawmaker kidnapped in the southern city of Odessa earlier on Thursday has been found unharmed and his attackers have been detained, the local prosecutor's office said.

Earlier, the head of President Petro Poroshenko's BPP faction, Ihor Hryniv, told parliament that MP Oleksiy Honcharenko had been kidnapped "in broad daylight" in his native Odessa.