Kinsasha: It is suspected that an armed militant group has kidnapped 3 aid workers in Congo

Three international aid workers have been kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Armed men kidnapped the Congolese nationals who had been sent to work in Rutshuru in the north east of the country. Speaking to AFP the ICRC spokesperson Elisabeth Cloutier said they had no news from the three workers neither has the armed men been identified. 

The Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Red Cross Int.), stated via Twitter last night, that everything that could possibly be done to bring three abducted workers in the Congo (DRC) “safely back home,” is being done.  According to Bloomberg News, it is suspected that an armed militant group who operate out of the Eastern Congo and are of Rwandan origin may be responsible for the abductions.