Yemeni girl kidnapped in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Jun. 12 (YPA) – Unknown gunmen kidnapped a Yemeni girl from a street in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday.

This was reported by Yemen News Portal, citing Human rights sources.

According to human rights sources, the kidnapped Yemeni girl, Sumaya Abdullah, has been registered with her mother for years with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Tarik Lamloum, a Libyan human rights journalist, said the child had been harassed several times and she and her mother had informed UNHCR, but the organization did not provide them with any assistance or protection.

He said in press statements that the mother and her daughter were selling products at the Karimiya market in the capital Tripoli. The girl  has been abducted  from the market Friday morning.

Lamloum said the mother said her daughter’s abductors were a group of young men carrying weapons and took her to an unknown destination, noting that the security centre in the area and UNAMI had been informed.

E.M