The Somali government said that it has made headway in the investigation of the ICRC nurse who waskidnapped from the ICRC compoundon Wednesday evening. Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdiaziz Ali Ibrahim announced that they have identified one of the kidnappers as Mohamud Mohamed Alas. Security officials have also identified the missing aid worker as Sonja Nientiet, a German national. 
Investigators believe that Alas, who worked as a security guard at the ICRC compound, had intimate knowledge of the compound layout and security measures and used this knowledge to facilitate the kidnapping. The ministry spokesman theory seems to corroborate with eyewitness accounts from Red Cross workers told media on Wednesday that the gunmen easily evaded the compound's security guards and successfully snuck the nurse out of a back entrance and into a waiting vehicle.