Three Crew Members of UN Humanitarian Air Service Abducted in Darfur

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 January 2011 – Three Bulgarian crew members working for the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) were abducted in Darfur today, just over one month after three of their colleagues were freed after more than a month in captivity.

The incident happened at approximately 10:35 this morning as the crew landed their helicopter in Um Shalaya, located 60 kilometres south-east of El Geneina in West Darfur state, according to information provided by the…