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Couple released by Somali pirates

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A British couple have spoken of their relief at being freed after Somali pirates held them for over a year.

Paul and Rachel Chandler were reportedly handed over to local officials in Adado after a ransom was paid.

They are believed to have boarded a flight to Nairobi where they will be transferred to the British High Commission.

Mr Chandler told BBC News: "We're fine. We are rather skinny and bony but we're fine."

He said they were informed they would be released two days ago.

"We were told on Friday and in a way which gave us some confidence to believe it.

"We'd been told we were going to be released in 10 days almost every 10 days for nine months."

When asked if he knew what he wanted to do now he was free, he replied: "We haven't got a list at all. We have been taking every day as it comes and not thinking about what we have no control over."

TV footage showed the couple from Tunbridge Wells in Kent walking unaided in Adado and undergoing a medical examination.

The mayor of the town, Mohamed Aden, told Sky News that he received the couple and gave them some breakfast.
 
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