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Aid workers from Kenya camp seized near Somali border Aid workers from Kenya camp seized near Somali border
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Gunmen have kidnapped two Spanish doctors working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres near Kenya's border with Somalia, officials say. Gunmen have kidnapped two Spanish doctors working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) near Kenya's border with Somalia.
The two were seized from the Dadaab refugee camp, which houses hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing famine and fighting in Somalia. The two were seized from the Dadaab refugee camp, which houses hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing famine in the Horn of Africa.
The Associated Press says two Kenyan aid workers were also abducted. Their Kenyan driver was injured and is now in hospital, MSF say.
In recent weeks, two foreign women - one English, the other French - have been kidnapped near the border.In recent weeks, two foreign women - one English, the other French - have been kidnapped near the border.
A Kenyan driver working for the Care charity was abducted from Dadaab on 21 September.A Kenyan driver working for the Care charity was abducted from Dadaab on 21 September.
Dadaab now counts as Kenya's third-largest city, housing 450,000 refugees.Dadaab now counts as Kenya's third-largest city, housing 450,000 refugees.
The UN refugee agency confirmed the two doctors seized on Thursday were working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). There has been no comment so far from MSF itself.
The police chief for the Dadaab area told AP he believed the attackers came from Somalia because that was the direction in which they fled with the abductees.The police chief for the Dadaab area told AP he believed the attackers came from Somalia because that was the direction in which they fled with the abductees.
"We are following them by the road and air. We have closed the borders. We are tracking them down," Leon Nyongesa said to AP."We are following them by the road and air. We have closed the borders. We are tracking them down," Leon Nyongesa said to AP.
Last month, 56-year-old Briton Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped by gunmen from a remote Kenyan resort at Kiwayu. Her husband David was killed. Mrs Tebbutt is believed to be held by the Islamist insurgents of al-Shabab in Somalia.Last month, 56-year-old Briton Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped by gunmen from a remote Kenyan resort at Kiwayu. Her husband David was killed. Mrs Tebbutt is believed to be held by the Islamist insurgents of al-Shabab in Somalia.
On 1 October, a 66-year-old French woman was seized by an armed gang Kenya's northern resort island of Manda and taken to Somalia.
The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the Kenyan coast near the Somali border.The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the Kenyan coast near the Somali border.