Gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer and shot and wounded a woman and four children in Kenya late on Tuesday, police and witnesses said after the first abduction of a foreigner there since raids blamed on Somali Islamist militants six years ago. Men armed with AK-47 rifles seized the 23-year-old woman from a guesthouse in Chakama, a small town close to the southeast coast, officers and local residents said.
Police said they had not identified the attackers and no group immediately claimed responsibility. The Italian charity the woman was working for, Africa Milele, posted a short message on its website saying: "There are no words to comment on what is happening. Silvia, we are all with you." The group says it helps orphaned children Two witnesses told Reuters they heard the gunmen speaking Somali. "There were three attackers and they targeted the Italian lady," said Chad Joshua Kazungu. The woman was seized after she came out of her room to find out what was going on, a third...
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