No group has said it was behind the abduction yet
Armed men have abducted five aid workers from the central Somali town of Beledweyne, locals have confirmed to the BBC Somali service.
The staff, who included two volunteers, a nurse, a driver and a veterinary, were working with the region’s Veterinary Medical Association, the privately-owned Jowhar news website reports.
“The kidnapped workers were on an immunisation programme in a place 10km (6.2 miles)from Beledweyne town,” the site added.
No group has said it was behind the abduction yet, but Islamist militant group al-Shabab has carried out attacks in the region before.
The abduction comes a day after al-Shabab released four aid worker who were doing work paid for by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the south-western town of Luuq.
Somalia’s President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, had declared the drought a national disaster, with nearly three million people in the country facing severe food insecurity.
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