A round-up of today's other world news stories in brief
Eight Red Cross workers released
KINSHASA – All eight Red Cross staff workers kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week have been released unharmed, the International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday.
The eight, a Swiss citizen and seven Congolese, had been held by a faction of the Mai Mai militia since they were seized during a mission last Friday to assess the needs of displaced civilians in Congo’s eastern province of South Kivu. “It was an unconditional release as we have wanted all along and we are all very relieved that they are out without any harm to them,” Inah Kaloga at the ICRC. – (Reuters)
Chief suspect in boy's kidnap shot
LAHORE – The ringleader of the gang alleged to have kidnapped the British boy Sahil Saeed last month has been killed in a shoot-out with Pakistani police.
Sahil (5) from Oldham, was held for 13 days after being snatched while on a trip with his father to visit relatives in Jhelum, Pakistan. Sahil was later released unharmed after a ransom was paid.
Police later caught members of the gang and on Thursday the gang’s leader, identified as Safir, was sprung from a police van by two armed accomplices as he was being moved to another police station. All three were killed after a shoot-out with police. – (Guardian service)