One aid worker wounded and three kidnapped in Tindouf

Three international INGO workers were kidnapped from a guesthouse in the Rabuni refugee camp by armed men. A Sahrawi national driver was injured during the incident and was hospitalised. The Polisario movement, which is seeking independence for Western Sahara and runs the camp, blamed local al-Qaeda militants for the kidnappings, but no one has claimed responsibility. The kidnappers arrived from Mali in a SUV. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context raid. Actor Al-Qaeda. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1170.