US Attorney Two Somali Pirates Sentenced to 30 Years Each in Prison for Armed Hostage Taking of American Journalist

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Press Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

Abdi Yusef Hassan, 56, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, of Mogadishu, Somalia, were both sentenced to 30 years in prison for hostage taking, terrorism, and firearms offenses, in connection with the 977-day hostage taking of an American journalist in Somalia. A jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted Hassan and Mohamed of those offenses in February 2023 following a three-week trial.

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