Nusrat Osman, a 47-year-old British auditor from Leicester who had been living in Blantyre (Malawi's main commercial city) with her family, has been rescued by police a week after she was abducted outside her home on 11 September. Four alleged kidnappers were killed in the operation following an exchange of gunfire, during which a senior police officer, deputy inspector general Mlowoka Noel Kayira, was shot but is reported to be in a stable condition. Osman's brother described Kayira as a hero and said his sister was safe and "not too shaken," while Malawian authorities said investigations remain ongoing — a notable incident in a country where kidnappings, particularly of Western residents, are considered rare.