Friday 15 October 2010

British security worker kidnapped in Somalia

Briton working for UK charity Save the Children taken by armed men in Adado

A British security consultant working for a UK charity was kidnapped last night by gunmen in a Somali town near the Ethiopian border.
He had been contracted by Save the Children to assess whether it was safe for the group to resume aid operations in the area. His Somali fixer was also kidnapped, but was reportedly released today.
They were seized in the town of Adado, which is under the control of clan bosses. It is also used as a base by piracy kingpins whose gangs have netted tens of millions of dollars in ransoms from hijacking ships. 
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