Kenya, Italian citizen held hostage freed

The Italian - also in possession of an American passport - held hostage by suspected terrorists has been freed.

The blitz was carried out by the police near the town of Witu, about 250 kilometers from the border with Somalia.

The agents were traveling north from Garsen, and this morning they found themselves in front of a checkpoint set up by alleged al-Shabaab militiamen disguised as Kenyan army soldiers . After a firefight, the criminals fled towards Boni Forest. Shortly afterwards, the policemen discovered the Italian citizen and three other people who had been detained at the checkpoint. There were also two bodies of people killed by the militiamen.

(Unioneonline/ss)