Gunmen abduct Italian women volunteer of Africa Milele Onlus: Kenyan Police

Kenyan police said on Wednesday unidentified gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer working at a non-governmental organisation in an attack on a trading centre in the coastal region of Kilifi during which five people were wounded.

"The Gang ... abducted an Italian lady aged 23 years who is a volunteer of Africa Milele Onlus, an NGO operating in the area," the National Police Service said on Twitter.

The wounded were taken to hospital and officers were pursuing the attackers, it said.