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Gunmen kidnap two MSF aid workers in Somalia
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two aid workers, possibly including one Belgian citizen, in central Somalia on Sunday, a local elder said.
- Agencies
- Published: 20:45 April 19, 2009
Mogadishu: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two aid workers, possibly including one Belgian citizen, in central Somalia on Sunday, a local elder said.
"Unidentified armed men kidnapped two MSF-Belgium aid workers in Bakol region," local elder Hassan Maalin said.
A local MSF worker who asked not to be named said the two men were taken in their car with their local bodyguards.
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