Minnesota Citizen Charged With Kidnapping And Holding Journalist For 3 Years In Somalia Over $20 Mil Ransom
A freelance journalist was kidnapped and held in Somalia for nearly three years with a $20 million ransom by Somali-born U.S. citizen, Abdi Y. Hassan. Federal investigators say Hassan is part of an operation of Somali pirates.
Hassan, age 51, was born in the Somali capital of Mogadishu and arrested last Friday in Minneapolis accused of holding three peop…
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