British woman rescued in Malawi shootout that left four suspected kidnappers dead

British auditor Nusrat Osman, kidnapped in Blantyre on 11 September, was rescued by Malawian police in a shootout that killed four alleged abductors.

• Police freed Osman, 47, from Leicester on Thursday on Blantyre's outskirts after officers exchanged gunfire with her captors, who were armed with an AK-47 and a pistol.
• Four suspected kidnappers were shot and died in hospital, while Deputy Inspector General Noel Kayira was wounded in the operation and remains in stable condition, police said.
• Osman was abducted on 11 September when four men blocked her car outside her home, forced her into another vehicle and drove off, police said.
• Police said investigations were continuing and have not disclosed a motive or whether a ransom demand was made.