Police surround Somali aid worker kidnappers
BOSASSO, Somalia, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Police have surrounded and exchanged gunfire with the Somali kidnappers of an Argentine and a Spanish aid worker from medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), authorities said on Wednesday.
"The police captured two of the kidnappers after a heavy exchange of gunfire, and they are now surrounded," Puntland Trade Minister Abdishamad Yusuf Abwan told Reuters. His account was confirmed by other officials and witnesses.
"The police captured two of the kidnappers after a heavy exchange of gunfire, and they are now surrounded," Puntland Trade Minister Abdishamad Yusuf Abwan told Reuters. His account was confirmed by other officials and witnesses.
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