Somalis Free 2 Europeans
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen have freed two fish traders from France and Belgium kidnaped Wednesday in northeast Somalia, a U.N. spokesman told reporters Sunday.
The two men were identified as Frenchman Maurice Christian and Belgian Walter Kemos.
Another Frenchman, 21-year-old Marc Rudy, working with a French humanitarian group, was still being held after being kidnaped Saturday in Mogadishu, reportedly by former employees of the aid group demanding compensation for the loss of their jobs.
A spokesman for the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in northeast Somalia said the two fish buyers had been kidnaped after a dispute about money.
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