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Tension high in Moyale after abduction of South Korean missionaries

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David Lee, a South Korean missionary abducted with his mother-in-law in Moyale. [Abraham Fayo, Standard]

Tension is high in Moyale, Marsabit County, following the abduction of two South Korean missionaries from their home in Odda.

The victims, David Lee and his mother-in-law, Hiwi Sokk Cheon, were seized by armed assailants at approximately 9 p.m.

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