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Africa Horn
Pirates say holding British hostage in central Somalia
2011-09-19
[Arab News] A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the center of the lawless Horn of Africa nation, pirates and an elder in the region said on Sunday.

Unidentified gunnies raided the remote Kiwayu Safari Village in the early hours of last Sunday, shooting dead publishing executive David Tebbutt, 58, and taking hostage his wife Judith, 56, before escaping by boat.

"My colleagues brought her. I am among the ones guarding her ... Although you can understand the fatigue from her face, she is healthy," pirate Mohamed, one of the gang guarding the Briton, told Rooters.

An elder in central Somalia confirmed the Briton's arrival.

"A convoy of pirates reached here two hours ago, they brought the British lady. We are very disappointed, we do not want our area to be a place for keeping kidnapped innocent people," local elder Abdullahi Ali Abukar told Rooters on Sunday.
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