Somalia news MOGADISHU (Sunatimes)- A Somali nurse has been kidnapped by suspected Alshabaab rebels in a volatile militants stronghold in thenorth of Somalia, in the latest of waves of kidnappings of the fewmedical workers who bravely decided to remain in Somalia to help thewar weary nation, staff said.

The nurse whose name was abridged as Sacdiya has been working at MSFrun Daynile hospital, had been on an first aid operation for woundedpatients when she was ordered to board an Alshabaab vehicle two weeksago.


No comments could be reached from MSF officials at the clinic. However, there has been no confirmation about the reason behind her abduction.

"Its true that she was kidnapped by gunmen driving a pickup truck, wehave later heard that Alshabaab was behind the abduction," a staff atthe hospital told Somalijournal on condition of anonymity.

More than 150 people, mostly foreigners have been kidnapped in Somaliain the last 15 years. Most have been released unharmed after payingransom as the poor Somali national are mostly killed for failing topay ransom demands.

Source: Somalijournal.net