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Motorist abducted in Garissa in suspected Al Shabaab attack

Armed al-Shabab fighters ride on pickup trucks as they prepare to travel into the city, just outside the capital Mogadishu, in Somalia on Dec. 8, 2008. [AP Photo]

Suspected Al Shabaab militia on Wednesday evening abducted a motorist in Garissa, a day after the United State embassy listed the county as one of those unsafe due to terrorist threats.

The whereabouts of Mohamed Abdikadir remain unknown. According to Fuad Ali who was traveling alongside Abdikadir, they were ambushed near Modika Border Patrol Unit camp while heading to Ifo.

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