Paul Chandler on board the Lynn Rival in an undated
photograph. 今晚索马里海盗索求7百万美元(420万英镑)才能安全释放一个星期前被劫持的一对英国夫妇。
Somali pirates tonight demanded a ransom payment of $7m (£4.2m)
for the safe return of a British couple who they kidnapped a week
ago.
在BBC翻译的一段电话中,海盗之一说:“如果他们不伤害我们,我们就不伤害他们——我们只想要很少的700万美元。”
In a phone call translated by the BBC, one of the pirates said:
"If they do not harm us, we will not harm them – we only need a
little amount of seven million dollars."
今晚一位外交部发言人说:“劫持人质没天理。瑞秋和保尔都是无辜的旅游者。你们必须马上无条件释放他们。”
A Foreign Office spokesman said tonight: "Hostage taking is never
justified. Paul and Rachel are blameless tourists. They should be
released immediately ....