Somalia pirates free UK hostage
Kidnapped Judith Tebbutt has been released from Somalia, reports claim
21 March 2012
A British woman kidnapped from a resort island on the Kenyan coast has been released, a Somali pirate and a militia official have said.
Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped by Somali gunmen from a beach resort north of the coastal city of Lamu last September.
The gunmen killed her husband, David Tebbutt, during the attack.
Somali pirate Bile Hussein and Mohammed Hussein, an official with the militia Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama, said Mrs Tebbutt was released by pirate captors on Wednesday and is expected to be flown to Nairobi.
The pirates attacked the Tebbutts during a string of assaults and kidnappings in coastal Kenya.
Kenyan troops moved into Somalia soon after the spate of attacks.
