Somali gunmen free abducted Kenyans

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Two Kenyan businessmen, captured in Mogadishu's main market two days ago, have been released by their abductors, witnesses say.

The abductors had demanded a ransom for their release, but it was unclear if any money was paid for the businessmen, who run a printing company in Mogadishu.

"The two Kenyans were released and they immediately left for their country. I don't know what helped their release," Mohamed Gure, a colleague of the two former hostages, told AFP.

The printing firm has been operational since 2006 and one of the Kenyans had only recently arrived in the capital.

The kidnapping of foreigners is common in Somalia, a country torn apart by decades of internal clashes that have made it one of the world's most dangerous places.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/110985.html.