27 June 2008

Somalia: Pirates demand $1M ransom for 4 Europeans

Somalia: Pirates demand $1M ransom for 4 Europeans

A government minister says Somali gunmen have demanded $1 million for the release of a German couple, their young son and a French boat captain. The Europeans were seized Monday from a yacht off the Gulf of Aden and taken to Puntland, a semiautonomous region of northern Somalia.

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