A British citizen and several Turkish nationals were kidnapped in Kenya “

A British citizen told the BBC that he and several Turkish nationals were kidnapped in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Friday by masked men, with four of the Turkish nationals still missing, according to the BBC.
Necdet Seyitoğlu, who lived in the UK for 18 years before moving to Kenya two years ago, said he was released after eight hours when he showed his captors a copy of his British passport.
In a statement, the British Foreign Office said it was “providing consular support to a British man and his family following an incident in Kenya”.
Kenyan police told the BBC they were investigating a “kidnapping incident” after a motorcycle rider witnessed the abduction. According to the announcement, two vehicles caught and blocked in front and behind a silver car with two people.
“About eight gunmen got out of the two vehicles, took out the two passengers” and fled with them, Kenyan police spokeswoman Resila Onyango said. “Later, a Yusuf Kar, a British citizen of Turkish origin, appeared at a nearby police station and identified the kidnapped men as Hüseyin Yeşilsu and Necdet Seyitoğlu.
Turkish authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
Mr. Seyitoğlu, an education consultant, gave additional details about what he believed happened during his abduction, some of which differed from the police version.
He described a white SUV tailgating his car as he left home to go to work with a friend at 7:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT).
The two men were blindfolded and handcuffed by four armed men before being taken to an unknown location, he said. Repeated questions about what was going on went unanswered, he said.
“We asked if they could show ID where we were going, but we didn’t get any explanation,” the 49-year-old said.
“It was the worst experience of my life,” added Mr. Seyitoğlu. He said he eventually managed to convince his captors that he was a British citizen by showing a copy of his passport on that phone.
After taking a photo, the men received a phone call that appeared to be an instruction to free her, he said.
The masked men, who Seyitoğlu said spoke Swahili, then dropped him off at a location he did not recognize and gave him 1,000 shillings ($7.50; £6) for transport home, but they refuse to return the phone and laptop.
Meanwhile, Seyitoğlu said his wife had reported him missing and informed the British High Commission.
Mr Seyitoğlu said six other people he knew – all Turkish nationals – had been kidnapped in the same way from different places in Nairobi. A local law firm, Mukele & Kakai, said in a statement that it was acting on behalf of the four men who were registered refugees and warned airlines not to accept them on board.
“Our clients have been abducted from Kenya with the intention of being deported to Turkey, where they will face political persecution,” said the lawyers’ letter, seen by the BBC.
Those comments were echoed by the activist organization Amnesty International, whose spokesman in Kenya said it was “deeply concerned by reports that seven asylum seekers from Turkey have been abducted on Kenyan soil”.