This combination photo shows wanted posters issued by Kenya's National Police Service on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 showing three men Yusuf Kuno Adan, Ibrahim Adan Omar, and Said Adan Abdi, who are wanted in connection with the kidnapping of 23-year-old Italian volunteer Silvia Costanza Romano in Kenya. Kenyan police have identified three suspects in the kidnapping of the Italian woman and are offering a reward of one million shillings ($9,750) for information leading to their arrest. Swahili reads "Be alert, don't stay quiet". (Kenya National Police Service via AP)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police have identified three suspects in the kidnapping of an Italian woman and are offering a reward of one million shillings ($9,750) for information leading to their arrest.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the first kidnapping of a foreigner in the East African nation in several years. Police have said they are optimistic the aid worker will be found “within the shortest time possible.”
The 23-year-old Italian Silvia Costanza Romano was seized on Tuesday from a coastal community by gunmen who also wounded five people, including children.
Such attacks had become rare after 2011 when Kenya deployed forces to neighboring Somalia in a bid to stop the al-Shabab extremist group from kidnapping foreigners.
Police said the suspects in Tuesday’s attack are Ibrahim Adan Omar, Yusuf Kuno Adan and Said Adan Abdi.
– Associated Press
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