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Gunmen killed at least one person and kidnapped four aid workers in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp complex near the border with Somalia on Friday (June 29th), AFP reported.

"Four foreign aid workers were kidnapped with their driver, who was likely a Kenyan," North Eastern Province Deputy Provincial Police Officer Philip Ndolo told AFP.

The hostages came from Canada, Norway, Pakistan and the Philippines, he said.

Police are pursuing the gunmen, who drove off with the hostages in their vehicle.

Medical officials with the German government aid agency GIZ said a driver with Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) died and two others were wounded in the attack, which took place in the sprawling Ifo 2 camp around midday.

"One NRC staff member died, and two others are injured," said Faiysal Abdullahi, a medical officer with GIZ.

The kidnapping is the latest in a series of attacks in the giant Dadaab camp, where gunmen last October seized two Spaniards working for Doctors Without Borders. They are still being held hostage in Somalia.

The Dadaab complex is the world's largest camp, with more than 465,000 inhabitants as of the end of May.