South African hostages freed in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Keydmedia) - Security forces have rescued a South African couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean and held for 18 months, Defense Minister Hussein Arab Isse said Thursday.
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"The rescue started last night (Wednesday) and lasted until this morning and you can see that the pair were freed safely,\" Isse told a joint press conference with the couple, Debbie Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, who appeared with sunken eyes and ashen faces.

Isse said the raid was a joint operation by security forces and the army and that the couple had been freed from \"Al-Qaeda-affiliated\" insurgents.

It was not immediately clear whether this meant that the pirates who captured the couple had sold them on to Somalia\

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