TWO South Korean Missionaries Kidnapped In Kenya’s Marsabit County
On Monday evening, gunmen kidnapped two South Korean missionaries in northern Kenya, near the Ethiopian border, while eight Kenyans were shot dead in a separate incident in the region.
The arid borderlands between Kenya and Ethiopia are overrun with weapons, and armed groups conduct frequent raids.
Last year, the government launched a security operation to disarm local bandits and restore calm and order in the region.
“Two missionaries of Korean origin were abducted and (are being) held incommunicado to date,” Marsabit County Governor Mohamud Ali said in a statement on Tuesday.
Eight people shot dead,two south Koreans abducted along the Kenya- Ethiopia border in Marsabit county north Kenya.
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According to Marsabit County Commissioner James Kamau, a South Korean man and his mother-in-law were taken from their home in the village of Odda around 9 p.m. on Monday.
The man’s mobile phone signal was last traced to the Ethiopian border, Deputy County Commissioner David Saruni told Reuters late on Tuesday.
“Efforts to locate him have been futile since the phone has been switched off,” Saruni said.
The South Korean embassy in Nairobi did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
Resila Onyango, a national police spokesperson, confirmed the abduction but declined to comment further.
In another attack on Monday night, gunmen dressed in “jungle attire” killed eight people and burned their bodies next to the truck.
According to a police report obtained by Reuters, the victims were traveling approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Moyale.
TWO South Korean Missionaries Kidnapped In Kenya’s Marsabit County
