US embassy warns citizens of travelling to Kenya
The US Embassy in Nairobi issued a travel advisory
warning American citizens to exercise caution due to risks of crime, terrorism
and kidnapping.
It urged citizens to avoid areas near the
Kenya-Somalia border and the coastal region, the CNN reported Saturday.
The move came after Kenyan kidnappers seized two
Cuban doctors near Kenya's border with Somalia in a brazen attack that
authorities of the East African nation say is likely linked to the Al-Shabaab
terror group.
A police escort officer was shot and killed in the
assault.
The abduction happened Friday as the doctors headed
to Mandera County Referral Hospital, where they worked.
They were in a government vehicle escorted by two
police officers when two cars boxed them near the border with Somalia, the
Kenya police said.
One officer was fatally shot and the attackers
seized the doctors, put them in their car and drove across the border, police
said. The government car that was carrying the doctors has been found and its
driver taken for questioning.
