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Africa: Horn |
Somali militia abduct and kill 3 in Kenya |
2004-05-19 |
Armed Somali militiamen on a vendetta mission crossed into Kenya on Monday morning, abducted and later shot dead three people before escaping. Mandera police recovered the bodies of Mohammed Osman Dahad, 32, Hassan Mohammed Amin, 32, and Mohammed Maalim Hassan, 29, one kilometre from the Kenya/Somali border in Komor area. The trio was from the Marehan sub clan. Police at the headquarters said the three victims were ferrying firewood on a donkey cart when they were confronted and abducted by the armed Somalia militiamen in Komor in Central division of Mandera District at about 5am. The gunmen then frog marched the three towards the border with the intention of holding them at ransom. However, the incident was reported to the police and the security committee, who started tracking down the abductors. On realising that they were being followed, the militiamen |
Posted by:Dan Darling |