UN official kidnapped by al-Qaeda appears again in Abyan

ABYAN, June 14 (YPA) – A United Nations employee, who has been kidnapped by al-Qaeda elements in Abyan since February 2022, appeared in a new video recording in the province, south of Yemen.

The Site Intelligence website, which specializes in monitoring extremist groups, said Al-Qaeda has released a video that proves that the Bangladeshi citizen, Akam Sofyol Anam, the official of the United Nations Safety and Security Department in Aden, is still alive.

“Me and two of my colleagues are patients, and we need urgent hospital treatment,” Anam said in the video.

In a previous video released by the organization in September last year, Anam confirmed, that his life and the lives of his colleagues are in danger due to serious health problems.

In February of last year, the UN announced the kidnapping of five of its employees in the same province, while they returning from Aden after a field mission.

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