Three Aid Workers Kidnapped in Northern Kenya

by Michael Bear · 2009-07-19 20:24:00 UTC
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According to Patronus Analytical:

"Three aid workers — an American, a Pakistani, and a Mozambican — were kidnapped by armed men in Kenya’s border town of Mandera on Friday night. The gunmen reportedly seized the trio from an NGO run guest house where they were watching television with seven other expatriates. The victims were forced into a Land Cruiser and driven across the border into Somalia."

It's still unclear which brutal Somali insurgent group (Al Shabaab or Hizbul Islam) is behind the kidnappings.  Al Shabaab first accused Hizbul Islam; then, later, an Al Shabaab commander in southern Somalia claimed credit.

Our thoughts are prayers are with the three aid workers, their families and colleagues.

[Fighters with the Somali insurgent group Hizbul Islam - Photo from Getty Images]

Michael Bear
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