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Federal Officials: Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya Dept: NAIROBI, Kenya - Federal officials were scrambling Friday to learn more about the fate of a Canadian, reportedly one of four international aid workers that officials in Kenya said were kidnapped in their country by Somali militants, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "We are pursuing all appropriate channels to seek further information and are in close contact with Kenyan authorities. We will not comment or release any information which may compromise these efforts." A Kenyan aid worker who was wounded in the attack lies on a stretcher as he waits to be evacuated by airplane from Dadaab refugee camp, northern Kenya, Friday, June 29, 2012. Somali militants ambushed an aid convoy Friday, killed a Kenyan aid worker and kidnapped four international workers at the Kenyan refugee camp near the border with Somalia, officials said, while Kenyan police said they were pursuing the attackers. AP Photo "What I can say is that we are aware of a reported kidnapping in Kenya," said Claude Rochon, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Affairs Department in Ottawa, in an email. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.