At least 22 kidnapped, robbed by Suspected Al Shabaab militia in Mandera

Mandera, Kenya: At least 22 people were Sunday afternoon taken hostage by suspected Somali militia men in Mandera town, North-eastern region bordering the war-torn Somalia, before they were later released.

The militia, who are suspected to be members of the terror group, Al-Shabaab according to Mandera County Commissioner Alex Ole Nkoyo ambushed a vehicle ferrying quarry workers from Arabia to Mandera town at around midday, before driving them towards Somalia border and later released them unharmed.