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Security Forces Rescue Official Following Al-Shabaab Abduction In Lamu

July 14 2017

Kenya

Kenyan security forces have rescued a senior government official who had been taken hostage by militants, reports Agence France-Presse.

Miriam El Maawy, who heads the public works department of the Infrastructure Ministry, was kidnapped with five others on Thursday by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in the coastal district of Lamu, said security sources.

A joint police and military rescue mission was then launched. During the operation, the car the hostage was in lost...

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