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Malindi kidnappers tried to extract ransom for missing Italian aid worker

Moses Luwali and Abdulla Gababa Wario at the Malindi court room on Tuesday, July , 30, 2019. They are accused of abducting Italian aid worker Silvia Romano at Chamaka trading centre last year. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard].

The abductors of a missing Italian aid worker tried to get ransom from the Italian government for her release, according to information released at the start of a trial of two men charged with kidnapping her.

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