Seven Red Cross workers kidnapped by gunmen in northern Syria

Seven Red Cross workers kidnapped by gunmen in northern Syria

Abduction of six International Committee of the Red Cross workers and one volunteer took place in Idlib province

Associated Press

The Guardian, Sunday 13 October 2013 13.39 EDT   

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/13/seven-red-cross-workers-kidnapped-syria

Gunmen kidnapped a team of seven workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross after stopping their convoy early on Sunday along a roadside in northern Syria, a spokesman said.

Simon Schorno, a spokesman for the ICRC in Damascus, said the abduction took place near the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province at about 11.30am local time (08.30 GMT) as the team was returning to Damascus. Six of the people kidnapped are ICRC staff and one is a volunteer from the Syrian Red Crescent, he said.

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