(Bamako) Four Malian nationals working for the Red Cross in central
parts of the African country have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
The Red Cross facebook page related:
“Colleagues of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Cross Mali were kidnapped in … Tenekou area, Mopti region, on Sunday May 14 around 7pm, they were conducting a survey of the humanitarian situation when unidentified and armed individuals said they had to come with them.”
Jean-Nicolas Marti, the head of the ICRC delegation,
expressed hope that the humanitarian workers would be released immediately.
