Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Concern mounted yesterday for kidnapped British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler after it emerged the town where they are held has fallen to Islamic militants.

Mr and Mrs Chandler have been captive in the pirate stronghold of Haradheere since last October.

Mr Chandler, 60, and his 56-year-old wife, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania when they were captured by pirates.

But now Haradheere has fallen to the hardline Islamic group Hizb-ul-Islam.

The Chandlers are among 300 people being held hostage but there are fears they may now be killed.

Pirates usually release prisoners unharmed once a ransom has been paid.

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Source:-mirror

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