By Shire Abdi - Reporter
Somalia, 23 April 2026 A Médecins Sans Frontières doctor was abducted by gunmen in Galkacyo on Tuesday.
Farah Abdi Mohamed worked at General Hospital in Mudug when abducted.
Local sources say his abductors are demanding the release of Abdirisak Jaqalloo who is in custody in Puntland awaiting prosecution.
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Jaqallo is accused in the 2020 murder of Osman Omar Mohamed, a presidential guard commander.
Puntland authorities say he had been on the run until his arrest in Ethiopia's Somali region, Authorities there handed him hand over to Puntland’s security forces on March 31.
Security authorities have not yet issued an official statement on Mohamed's abduction.