On October 25, 2011, American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Danish national Poul Hagen Thisted, 60, were kidnapped by a Somali criminal gang. During a brief stop for supplies at a roadside market, following a meeting of the charity organization for which they both worked, the Danish Demining Group(DDG), they were seized and driven off into the desert. A third DDG employee was released, and quickly provided authorities with the details of the kidnapping.
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