Belly of the beast: Inside Shabaab’s gruesome abduction syndicate
What you need to know:
- Mrs Tebbutt spent six months in Shabaab captivity before she was released at a reported ransom of $1.1 million.
- And in July 2017, Shabaab militants kidnapped Public Works Principal Secretary Marya Mariam El Maawy as she visited families in Boni Forest during an inspection of the Lapsset project.
- Two Spanish nationals working for a non-governmental organisation were also kidnapped in Dadaab in October 2011.
