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Fourteen Eritrean asylum seekers kidnapped in Sudan - UNHCR source
Source: Reuters - Thu, 4 Jun 2015 20:17 GMT
Author: Reuters
KHARTOUM, June 4 (Reuters) - Assailants kidnapped 14 Eritrean asylum
seekers in Sudan's eastern Kassala state, a source with the United
Nations refugee agency said on Thursday.
The attackers stopped the lorry, rented by the agency UNHCR to
transport the asylum seekers, near a refugee camp in Kassala.
"The UNHCR are following the incident with the Sudanese authorities to
help bring the kidnapped people back," he said.
The lorry arrived at the refugee camp with some of its remaining
passengers who were slightly wounded after they managed to resist the
kidnappers and flee the scene, the source, who declined to be further
identified, told Reuters.
Two residents confirmed that a group of Eritreans were kidnapped in
the area, which is known to be a region where human trafficking gangs
operate.
Sudanese police officials in Kassala were not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing By Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by
Yara Bayoumy and Dominic Evans)
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