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Militants have kidnapped two United Nations workers in Somalia. Somali gunmen have freed two UN aid workers from Sweden and Denmark - just hours after seizing them in southern Somalia, UN and Somali officials say.
They were taken from a compound in the town of Hudur, north-west of Mogadishu, by Islamist insurgents, said a United Nations official. The aid workers were released without ransom and were safe, a UN security official told Reuters news agency.
The official said the two men - from Sweden - were working for the UN's de-mining body, Mine Action. They will now be flown to Nairobi - the capital of neighbouring Kenya - the officials say.
The UN workers were kidnapped shortly after the town was seized by the insurgents and their whereabouts is not yet known. The two - who were working for a UN programme to clear landmines - were kidnapped in Somalia's Bakol region.
A resident said there were fierce exchanges of gunfire between the insurgents and security forces in Hudur. They were taken from a compound in the town of Hudur, north-west of the capital Mogadishu, by Islamist insurgents, a UN official said earlier.
The district commissioner was injured in the attack and a bodyguard killed, Hassan Mohamed told the AFP news agency. The UN workers were kidnapped shortly after the town was seized by the insurgents.
A resident said there had been fierce exchanges of gunfire between the insurgents and security forces in Hudur.