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Police have arrested a Somali man they believe was involved in the 2008 kidnapping and torture of Australian journalist Nigel Brennan.
Ali Omar Ader was arrested in Canada on Friday as part of an undercover operation and is believed to be one of the main negotiators within the group that carried out the kidnapping.
Mr Brennan and Canadian freelancer Amanda Lindhout were taken by gunmen and held for 15 months in Somalia before a $700,000 random was paid and they were released in November 2009.
'Amazing news of the arrest of Ali Omar Ader. AKA Adan the Somali criminal involved in my kidnapping. Finally justice will be served!' Mr Brennan tweeted on Friday.[. . .]
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner James Malizia suggested that Mr Ader was lured to Ottowa from Somali before his arrest with the operation posing significant challenges including surveillance and wire taps.
'It was carried out in an extremely high risk environment in a country plagued with political instability,' Mr Malizia said.
Police have arrested a Somali man they believe was involved in the 2008 kidnapping and torture of Australian journalist Nigel Brennan.
Ali Omar Ader was arrested in Canada on Friday as part of an undercover operation and is believed to be one of the main negotiators within the group that carried out the kidnapping.
Mr Brennan and Canadian freelancer Amanda Lindhout were taken by gunmen and held for 15 months in Somalia before a $700,000 random was paid and they were released in November 2009.
'Amazing news of the arrest of Ali Omar Ader. AKA Adan the Somali criminal involved in my kidnapping. Finally justice will be served!' Mr Brennan tweeted on Friday.[. . .]
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner James Malizia suggested that Mr Ader was lured to Ottowa from Somali before his arrest with the operation posing significant challenges including surveillance and wire taps.
'It was carried out in an extremely high risk environment in a country plagued with political instability,' Mr Malizia said.
[. . .]
Ali Omar Ader was arrested in Canada on Friday as part of an undercover operation and is believed to be one of the main negotiators within the group that carried out the kidnapping.
During the 15 month long ordeal, Mr Brennan and Ms Lindhout were kept apart from each other, beaten and tortured. Lindhout also reported being raped.
They were released when a reported $700,000 ransom was paid, some of it by Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith.
Ali Omar Ader was arrested in Canada on Friday as part of an undercover operation and is believed to be one of the main negotiators within the group that carried out the kidnapping.
During the 15 month long ordeal, Mr Brennan and Ms Lindhout were kept apart from each other, beaten and tortured. Lindhout also reported being raped.
They were released when a reported $700,000 ransom was paid, some of it by Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith.
[. . .]
During the 15 month long ordeal, Mr Brennan and Ms Lindhout were kept apart from each other, beaten and tortured. Lindhout also reported being raped.
They were released when a reported $700,000 ransom was paid, some of it by Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith.
During the 15 month long ordeal, Mr Brennan and Ms Lindhout were kept apart from each other, beaten and tortured. Lindhout also reported being raped.
They were released when a reported $700,000 ransom was paid, some of it by Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3122722/Somali-man-involved-kidnap-Australian-photographer-held-hostage-year-arrested-Canada-lured-police.html
'Finally justice will be served!' Australian held hostage for more than a year by Somali kidnappers welcomes arrest of the first suspect... seven years after the crime
Police have arrested a man over the kidnapping of Australian journalist
Photojournalist Nigel Brennan was taken in 2008 by Somalian gunmen
He was held in Somalia for over 15 months before being freed in 2009
Ali Omar Ader who was allegedly involved has been arrested in Canada
By LUCY-MAE BEERS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 09:40 EST, 13 June 2015 | UPDATED: 12:38 EST, 13 June 2015
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