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Watching a Pirate Film with Somali Captors
Journalist Michael Scott Moore was held hostage by pirates for two and a half years.
In 2012 journalist Michael Scott Moore was investigating kidnappings by pirates in Somalia when he himself was captured while travelling with an armed guard. The pirates took Michael to a ship they had hijacked, and he was held for two and a half years. He' s written about his experience in his book 'The Desert and the Sea'.
Image: Michael Scott Moore
Credit: Christian Werner
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