NAIROBI — A Briton held hostage for close to a week in Somalia arrived in neighbouring Kenya Thursday, a day after being released by his captors, officials said.
Frans Barnard, employed as a security consultant by the British charity Save the Children, was captured on October 14 along with his Somali fixer in Adado, a small town in central Somalia, when heavily-armed men stormed their guest house.
He was released on Wednesday following mediation by local clan elders, one of whom told AFP that a ransom of 100,000 dollars was paid. Save the Children said it was not aware of any ransom.Read More
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