Ghana, Canada: successful hostage rescue near Kumasi lessens Al Qaeda likelihood
- June 12, 2019
- - 11:44 am
Summary Ghanaian security forces successfully rescued two female Canadian volunteers who were kidnapped June 4. The timing and location of the hostage rescue operation reveals the intent by the kidnappers was local and criminal in nature as opposed to the possibility the kidnapping was a more ominous operation by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Analysis Ghanaian Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah stated that Ghanaian security forces led a successful operation in the early hours of June 12 to rescue the two female Canadian students who were kidnapped from their hostel in Kumasi on June 4. The two Canadians …
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