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International
Kidnapped Somali UN official freed
2002-03-05
  • A Somali UN official kidnapped in Mogadishu last week has been freed unharmed after five days in captivity. Ahmed Mohamed Moalin, an employee of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), had been held in south Mogadishu. The gunmen who abducted him last Thursday had demanded a 20,000-dollar ransom, but the mediators said no money was paid in exchange for his release.

    On Monday night, gunmen kidnapped three men including a policeman working for the largely ineffectual Transitional National Government (TNG) in Mogadishu. The two other hostages were members of the minority Bantu community, often targeted for abduction because it is largely unarmed. Police said they were trying to find the kidnappers.
    "Hey, Ahmed!"
    "What, Beavis?"
    "Y'know what'd be really kewl? Let's kidnap a cop!"
    "You said 'kewl.' Huh-huh."
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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