Somali gunmen kidnap American citizen
None
Gunmen kidnapped an American in the Somali town of Galkayo on Saturday, local government and military officials said, with one suggesting the man was taken by his own guards who had links to a pirate gang.
Abdullahi Qarshi, the top security official in the semi-autonomous Galmudug region said the hostage was American. Residents close to the militia group that abducted the man said he was an American national who also held a German passport. "Gunmen kidnapped the foreigner and we understand they took him to Hobyo," Abshir Dini, interior minister of the semi-autonomous region, told Reuters, referring to a coastal town that is a known pirate base. (Reuters)
