N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Two Somali Pirates Sentenced to 30 Years Each in Prison for Armed Hostage Taking of American Journalist
November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024:
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ABDI YUSUF HASSAN and MOHAMED TAHLIL MOHAMED 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 E . . .
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ABDI YUSUF HASSAN and MOHAMED TAHLIL MOHAMED 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 E . . .