Aid worker killed, 4 kidnapped. Somali officials say gunmen shot and killed the chairman of the Asal aid agency Monday in Mogadishu's Bakara market. Also Monday, at least four other aid workers, with the Italian charity Water For Life, were kidnapped from the town of Afgooye. Local officials say they were abducted from their car while traveling to Mogadishu. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the kidnapping although the article goes on to note: Suspicion for the kidnappings often falls on clan militias or Islamist insurgents who are fighting the Somali government and its Ethiopian military allies. These aid workers are not to be confused with last week's kidnapping of the three Germans and French yacht captain. (Please note that the kidnappers in this case are demanding a ransom of 1 million dollars and according to...
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