Somali pirates move hostage Britons

Somali pirates today moved a British couple they are holding hostage after Islamist insurgents neared their hideout.

Somali pirates move hostage Britons
Mon, 26 Apr, 2010 - 17:56

Somali pirates today moved a British couple they are holding hostage after Islamist insurgents neared their hideout.

Paul and Rachel Chandler were bundled into a car an taken into a forest, soon after al-Shabab fighters approached the pirate lair of Haradhere, a town on the Somali coast.

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