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A helicopter belonging to the United Nations mission in Somalia has been captured by al-Shabab after unintentionally touchdown on Wednesday afternoon in territory held by the armed group, in line with a number of native studies.
At the least six support staff who had been on the aircraft at the moment are being held by the al-Qaeda-linked armed group which has wreaked violence within the Horn of Africa for many years.
The helicopter landed near Gadoon village within the Galgaduud area because of a technical glitch, in line with a UN memo seen by Al Jazeera. A UN official in Mogadishu additionally confirmed the incident to Al Jazeera.
In response to the memo, there have been 9 passengers on the aircraft together with navy personnel and a third-party contractor. Six of them had been reportedly taken by the group whereas 2 passengers escaped and stay at massive.
“All UN flights have been temporarily suspended in the vicinity until further notice,” a part of the memo learn.
Different particulars together with the nationality of these on board, stay unclear. The Somali authorities can be but to touch upon the studies.
Extra to come back.