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Luke Somers Photo credit-AP |
Two hostages were killed today in Yemen by Al Qaeda militants during the failed joint rescue operation by American and Yemen troops. Luke Somers an American Photo journalist who was capture in 2013 in Sanaa Yemen and a South African teacher named Pierre Korki were being held as hostages by A-Qaeda and they were using them to try and make their demands meet. Al-Qaeda posted a video online on Thursday showing Luke Somers one of the murdered hostages claiming that if their demands were not met they were going kill him. President Obama reacted by ordering a raid in an attempted to rescue the journalist which unfortunately failed.
Somers is said to have died from the wound he incurred during the operation.May their souls rest in peace.
Just passing by zebra crossing.
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