Kidnapped Filipino in Kenya recovered, safe—DFA

One of the vehicles in which the aid workers were traveling is seen with smashed windows at the scene of the attack in Dadaab refugee camp, northern Kenya, Friday, June 29, 2012. Somali militants ambushed an aid, killed a Kenyan aid worker and kidnapped four international workers, including Filipino Glenn Costes, at the Kenyan refugee camp near the border with Somalia, officials said. Costes and his three colleagues were reported safe on Monday, July 2, 2012. AP PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday that the abducted Filipino aid worker in Kenya and his three foreign colleagues were recovered in the Kenya-Somali border and were safe and on their way to Nairobi.

“DFA just got a call from Philippine Ambassador Domingo Lucenario in Nairobi that at 1:40 p.m. (Manila time) he was informed by the Norwegian Refugee Council (for which Costes worked) that the kidnapped Filipino Glenn Costes and his three colleagues were recovered in the Kenya-Somali border, are safe and are now on their way to Nairobi,” Raul Hernandez said in a text message to reporters.

Hernandez said that Lucenario would meet with Costes upon his arrival in Nairobi and was prepared to extend assistance to him.

He said Costes would undergo a medical check-up and debriefing.

Costes and three other aid workers were in a refugee camp in Kenya Friday when unidentified gunmen killed their driver, wounded two others, and abducted them.

All four worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council.