Two Finnish tourists abducted by Somali gunmen off the northeast coast have been released and are in the care of UN officials in Somalia, media sources reported on Wednesday. The Finns, a man and a woman, were said to be in good health and awaiting their return to Finland. They were reportedly sailing to the Seychelles when they were kidnapped.
On 21 April, gunmen used a small boat to intercept the yacht and forced it to dock a few miles from Bosasso port, according to a Reuters report. The Somali Salvation Democratic Front faction claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. Last year gunmen freed two French nationals, kidnapped from a yacht in almost the same spot, after two months.
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