Somali residents fight pirates who are holding British couple captive

Somali residents of a central village, where islamic pirates where holding a British couple hostage, chased the pirates out of their village.

Nice to see Somali resident rising up against the islamic pirates. Too bad they couldn't save the British couple. Garowe Online

Residents of central Somali village of Bahdo in Galgudud, some 125-miles northeast of the notorious pirate haven of Haradheere, have reportedly clashed with Somali pirates holding a UK couple.

The residents were angered by the pirates’ decision to hold the hostages in their locality, prompting them to take arms against the sea gangs.

According to locals, the villagers urged the pirates to leave the area but they refused, leading to eruption of an all out war between the armed residents and pirates in which three people, two of them pirates are reportedly killed.

“We can’t allow our town to be used as hideout where hostages are kept. We defeated the pirates and they fled the area, taking with them the two hostages,” said the village’s administrator.