Somali gunmen have kidnapped three employees of the Danish Demining Group working in northern Somalia, according to officials, the latest in a series of abductions in the nation.A 60-year-old Danish man, 32-year-old American woman and a male Somali colleague were abducted on Tuesday near the Puntland capital of Galkayo, where the demining group has been in operation since 2007. Local security officer Ali Mohamed told the AFP news agency the aid workers were kidnapped from near the airport at Galkayo.
Galkayo, which straddles the border between Puntland and the self-proclaimed separate region of Galmudug in central Somalia, saw heavy fighting last month between rival political or clan groups.
Al Jazeera's Peter Greste, reporting from Nairobi, said it is still too early to know who was behind the abductions but added that the impact to humantarian groups working in the area could be immense.
"The collective response of aid agencies will be too take a long, hard look at their security plans and the places and ways they are working. It is starting to look like a very dangerous place to work," said Greste.
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