UN says 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago walk free

AP , Friday 11 Aug 2023

The United Nations said Friday that five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago have walked free

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This handout photograph taken and released by the Bangladesh Prime Minister s Office on August 10, 2023, shows Bangladeshi national Akam Sofyol Anam (2L), his wife Kazi Nasreen Anam (R) and son Sakeef Anam (L) as they meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (2R) in Dhaka, after he was freed after a year and a half abduction by Al-Qaeda in Yemen. AFP

 

In a brief statement, U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said that all “available information suggests that all five colleagues are in good health.”

The five men were workers with the U.N. Department of Security and Safety, Haq said.

The identity of the kidnappers was not revealed.

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