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October 30, 2009 · about 17 years ago

Couple’s ransom demand imminent

A ransom demand for a British couple being held by Somali pirates is to be made later, the BBC has learnt. Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 59 and 55, from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, were taken hostage by gunmen in the Indian Ocean in the early hours of 23 October.

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A ransom demand for a British couple being held by Somali pirates is to be made later, the BBC has learnt. Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 59 and 55, from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, were taken hostage by gunmen in the Indian Ocean in the early hours of 23 October.

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