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    October 23, 2011

3 Aid Workers Kidnapped in Algeria

   VOA News
   A landmines victims center near the western Sahara refugee camp of
   Rabuni, Tindouf province, from where the three aid workers were
   kidnapped.
   Photo: AFP
   A landmines victims center near the western Sahara refugee camp of
   Rabuni, Tindouf province, from where the three aid workers were
   kidnapped.

   European officials say two Spanish aid workers and an Italian have been
   kidnapped from a refugee camp in western Algeria.
   Diplomatic sources said Sunday the abductions happened in the Rabuni
   encampment in the Algerian province of Tindouf, an area inhabited by
   refugees from Western Sahara, a disputed Moroccan-controlled territory.
   Media reports say one of the three abductees may be injured.
   There is no immediate word on the identity of the kidnappers, or any
   indication of a ransom demand.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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