location: Dhuusamarreeb
notes: On 5 November 2008, four INGO international staff (2 French, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Belgian, all women) and 2 Kenyan pilots (not included) were kidnapped in Dhuusamarreeb (Galgaduud) when a group of 40-50 militiamen with 3 technicals and 3 cars stormed the airstrip, after EC Flight (D-228) landed and finished offloading, taken hostages who were waiting to board the plane destined to Nairobi the two pilots. The INGO guards apparently did not try to repel the attackers and there were suspicions of a possible INGO connection with the kidnappers. Preliminary information indicates that a non-highly ideological Al-Shabab group would be behind the kidnapping.
target_text: location: Dhuusamarreeb, fatalities: 0