There is still no news of the two Cuban doctors, kidnapped Friday, April 12 in northeastern Kenya, on the border with Somalia. They were going to the hospital in Mandera County when they were kidnapped by armed men, suspected members of the Islamist Shebab group.
A safe return of Assel and Landy, our two doctors kidnapped in Kenya. The goal set by Cuba is clear, as said Sunday the president of the island state on Twitter, their humanitarian mission will be respected and recognized, we believe in the power of solidarity, he adds full of hope.
The Kenyan and Cuban authorities say they have been in constant contact for more than three days. The Shebab terrorist group has still not claimed this double kidnapping , but is strongly suspected.
Both doctors are probably detained in Somalia. The Kenyan army is deployed there. Village chiefs in Mandera County have reportedly been asked to negotiate with local Somali people, in contact with Shebab members, reports the Kenyan press.
The abduction comes five months after an Italian humanitarian abducted by an armed group in Kilifi, a small village on the Kenyan coast. An act not claimed to date. Since then, no information on the fate of this Italian has filtered. Omerta from the Italian and Kenyan authorities.
