Five aid workers kidnapped in Kidal-Gao Road
Kidal-Gao Road, Gao, Mali Multiple organizations
5 kidnapped
Four ICRC staff members and a veterinarian from another aid organization were kidnapped by MUJAO, a jihadist militant group, while traveling from Kidal to Gao. UPDATE: All five were rescued on 17 April 2014 by French troops near Timbuktu; they are in good health. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context ambush. Actor The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO). Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1648.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.