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Two Kenyans kidnapped at gunpoint from Somalian printing shop
Nov 9, 2009, 11:20 GMT
Mogadishu - Two Kenyans working at a printing shop in the Somali capital of Mogadishu were abducted by a group of masked gunmen, witnesses told the German Press Agency dpa Monday.
The two men - one a Muslim, the other a Christian - were forced to leave by the 12 gunmen late Sunday. 'Nobody knows about their whereabouts,' a neighbouring shopkeeper told dpa.
It was not clear if the abduction was a simply kidnapping or if there were political motives for it.
The radical Muslim al-Shabaab group, which seeks to overthrow the government, has accused Kenya several times in recent weeks of sending fighters to Somalia to support the wobbly regime. The war- torn country has not had an effective government since 1991.
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