18 September, 2011

Somalia: Pirates Led Abducted British Woman to Harardhere Town

Somalia: Pirates Led Abducted British Woman to Harardhere Town
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

Mogadishu — Reliable sources say a British woman abducted from the border between Somalia and Kenya has been led to Harardhere of Mudug region, a stronghold of Somali pirates for the past hours.

The sources said that two boats carrying the woman whose husband reportedly shot dead by the abductors near the border between Somali and Kenya reached at the coast of Harardhere town of Mudug region in Somalia.

Witnesses assured to Shabelle radio that the woman was in the hands of the Somali pirates and led to the forest of Harardhere town shortly after the boat carrying the woman reached at the coast of Hobyo in same region.

Abdullahi Mohamed Farah, a scholar in Harardhere town confirmed to the Shabelle radio that the health situation of the woman was alright saying he had seen her in the town having ear-devices on heard.

Latest reports from the town where the pirates took her say that she had been detained in parts of Jubba regions in southern Somalia though the pirates lastly took her to their strongholds in Mudug region.

Armed gangs had kidnapped a British couple from the border between Somalia and Kenya who had reportedly killed the husband of the women in parts of southern Somalia.

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