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A Somali native from Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his part in holding an American journalist hostage for nearly three years in Somalia.
Abdi Yusuf Hassan was arrested in Minneapolis in 2019 after he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was charged for the 2012 kidnapping of journalist Michael Scott Moore, who spent 977 days in captivity in Somalia, held for ransom by a criminal pirate gang that prosecutors say was led by Hassan.
Along with Hassan, Somali citizen Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed was also convicted in the case at their 2023 trial.
“For nearly three years, Michael Scott Moore was held hostage in Somalia by pirates,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in a DOJ statement. “He was beaten, chained to the floor, and threatened with assault rifles and machine guns. Hassan and Mohamed were key players in that hostage taking.” more
Behead them.