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Danish, US hostages freed by US Navy in Somalia
Jan 25, 2012, 6:31 GMT
File picture showing Osprey MV-22B aircraft are seen parked on the flight deck of the Wasp class US Navy ship. EPA/JOAO RELVAS
Mogadishu - Two hostages, an American and a Dane, have been freed from captivity in Somalia by the US Navy, the Danish Refugee Council and a pirate said Wednesday.
'The Danish Refugee Council hereby confirms that Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted have been rescued earlier today during an operation in Somalia,' the council said in a statement. 'The two aid workers from the Danish Refugee Council's demining unit, DDG, are both unharmed and at a safe location.'
A pirate called Falastiin told dpa that the US Navy took the hostages by force, injuring, killing or capturing dozens of the gang holding the hostages.
The aid workers were taken hostage by their security team in the central town of Galkayo on October 25 before being passed on to a pirate gang, which was seeking a ransom payment.
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