Two paramedics, their driver and a patient who were abducted earlier this week in Kenya's north-east have been freed, a local administrator said on Thursday.
The attackers, who police believe belonged to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militia, ambushed the group while they were travelling in an ambulance to El Wak referral hospital, and drove them toward the border with Somalia.
"The four victims were freed following negotiations between local elders and administrators, who managed to ensure their release," said Onesmus Kyatha, Mandera County Commissioner. "All of them are safe and sound."
