British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi rescued by police after shootout

The battle to rescue Nusrat Osman saw four of her alleged abductors killed and a police officer wounded

A British woman kidnapped in Malawi last week has been rescued by police, after a shootout in which four of her alleged abductors were killed.

Nusrat Osman was abducted outside her home in the southern city of Blantyre, on 11 September at about 12.30pm. Police had offered a reward of 30m Malawi kwacha (£12,950) for information leading to her rescue and the arrest of the perpetrators.