Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday it was “constantly” in touch with the Cuban government over the abduction of two of its nationals the two doctors abducted from Mandera while headed to work.
The two doctors, who are part of a team of 100 sent to Kenya last year, were abducted on Friday morning by Al Shabaab terrorists, and taken to Somalia, in
Earlier, Police Headquarters had announced that security forces were working with their Somalia counterparts in a bid to trace and rescue two Cuban doctors.
According to the National Police Service (NPS) headquarters, the approach is necessary since the attackers, suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants crossed into Somalia following the
An administration Police officer who was among two escorting the doctors was killed during the incident that has raised fresh security concerns in the volatile region.
The driver who was taking the doctors from their residential area to work has since been arrested and was being interrogated according to police. The vehicle, belonging to the Mandera County Government was also recovered.
The two doctors are part of a group of about 100 Cubans who came to Kenya last year to help boost health services in a deal signed between Havana and Nairobi.
The doctors were deployed to the region at a time most Kenyan health workers had abandoned it citing security fears.