Two aid workers kidnapped in Bari
Bari, Somalia International NGO
2 kidnapped
2 INGO international (1 British, 1 Kenyan) staff kidnapped by gunmen in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, May 9; released May 14. There have been suggestions the aid workers were seized for use as a bargaining chip in a dispute between fishermen and the national authorities over impounded fishing vessels. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 534.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.