ADEN, Aug 29 (NNN-SABA) – Unknown gunmen kidnapped two foreigners working with the international charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in Yemen’s central province of Marib yesterday, a security official said.
The local security official, who asked to remain anonymous, said, the foreigners held captive by the unknown gunmen are identified as nationals from Germany and Myanmar, both serving under the MSF banner.
While acknowledging it has lost contact with its staff members in Yemen, MSF refrained from providing additional information, citing concerns for the safety of the abducted workers.
No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, so far.
Kidnappings of foreign aid workers and journalists have been a recurring issue in Yemen, which has been embroiled in a prolonged military conflict between the Houthi rebels and the country’s government forces since 2014.
