adminGroup on Somalia and Eritrea carried a secret annex naming a British businessman of Somali origin as one of the key organisers of a pirate kidnapping in 2009.
The Times quotes the annex as saying that the businessman is responsible for “co-organising hijackings and abductions” and was directly involved in the abduction of Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple held captive for 13 months before a ransom was paid in 2010.
Efforts to reach some of the report’s authors weren’t immediately successful last Saturday. No contact information for the businessman could immediately be located. — News24.
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