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Kidnappers free foreign journalists in Somalia
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January 5, 2009, Monday
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SOMALI kidnappers have freed two foreign journalists abducted last November in the northern port of Bosasso, local officials said yesterday.
Briton Colin Freeman, a correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph, and Spanish freelance photographer Jose Cendon were seized in November as they left a hotel in the town.
"They treated us well and we are now safe," Freeman said. "I am only tired and I am very eager to see my family."
The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed Cendon was alive and well.
"Mr Cendon has been freed and is safe and well, the foreign minister has spoken to him and his family," a spokesman said.
An official in the northern semi-autonomous province of Puntland said the two were released through the efforts of local elders.
"The two European journalists were freed without any payment of a ransom," Abdullahi Said Samatar, Puntland's security minister, told Reuters.
Kidnappers in Somalia generally seek ransom payments and seldom harm their hostages.
Somalia is considered one of the most hazardous countries in the world for reporters. Two freelance journalists, an Australian and a Canadian, were seized in the capital Mogadishu last August and are still being held.
Briton Colin Freeman, a correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph, and Spanish freelance photographer Jose Cendon were seized in November as they left a hotel in the town.
"They treated us well and we are now safe," Freeman said. "I am only tired and I am very eager to see my family."
The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed Cendon was alive and well.
"Mr Cendon has been freed and is safe and well, the foreign minister has spoken to him and his family," a spokesman said.
An official in the northern semi-autonomous province of Puntland said the two were released through the efforts of local elders.
"The two European journalists were freed without any payment of a ransom," Abdullahi Said Samatar, Puntland's security minister, told Reuters.
Kidnappers in Somalia generally seek ransom payments and seldom harm their hostages.
Somalia is considered one of the most hazardous countries in the world for reporters. Two freelance journalists, an Australian and a Canadian, were seized in the capital Mogadishu last August and are still being held.
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