Five killed and PS Mariam El-Maawy injured in Lamu Al Shabaab attack

Public Works Principal Secretary Mariam El Maawy was heading to Witu in Lamu when her car was hijacked by Al Shabaab militants.

Lamu, Kenya: Elite security forces Thursday rescued Public Works Principal Secretary Mariam El-Maawy from suspected Al Shabaab militants who had taken her captive in a remote part of the volatile Lamu County.

Officers from the Kenya Defence Force (KDF), the General Service Unit, and the Administration Police rescued the PS about 45 minutes after she and five other top government officials were kidnapped by the gunmen at Milihoi along the Lamu-Mpeketoni highway.