British woman kidnapped in Malawi ‘rescued and reunited with family’ | World News
A British woman who was abducted in Malawi has been rescued and reunited with her family after a shoot-out between officers and the kidnappers, police said. Nusrat Osman, 47, was abducted in the southern city of Blantyre on Friday, the Malawi Police Service (MPS) said. The mother-of-two, who reportedly works for a local auditing firm but was originally from Leicester, was abducted around lunchtime on 11 September. She was taken at “approximately 12.30pm at Mount Pleasant,” by four men believed to have used a grey Nissan Dualis, the force added. The suspects had not contacted Ms Osman’s family or authorities and the motive was not clear. The MPS was offering a reward of 30m Malawi Kwacha – which is around £12,800 – to anyone giving them “credible information” that could help with the rescue operation and arrests. The Malawi police put out a statement saying Ms Osman was rescued in Mpemba/Chadzunda, just outside of Blantyre, on Thursday during an “intelligence led police operation”. It said there was a shoot-out between police and the kidnappers “who …
