Judy Mutua, a teacher who was kidnapped by Al Shabaab in Garissa county on Monday has been rescued in Somalia.
One of the abductors was killed in the rescue operation by the Kenya Defence Forces, the Rapid Deployment Unit of the Administration Police and Somalia National Army. Another abductor was arrested.
The operation took place at 10 am on Friday at Shaba, Difu, which is 15 kilometres into Somalia.
UNDERGOING TREATMENT
“Ms Mutua is currently undergoing treatment at a secured location and will be airlifted to Nairobi by the Kenya Airforce in the course of the day,” KDF said in a statement.
Ms Mutua was kidnapped at the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab. She is an employee of Windle Trust International, an NGO.
During the incident, gunmen shot at a vehicle at a junction between Hagadera and Dadaab.
The attackers took over the vehicle and abandoned it minutes later together with the driver, Mr Hassan Adan
Adua. However, they forced Ms Mutua into their vehicle and sped off.
