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- Nationality: SomaliCNN: Journalists kidnapped in Somalia (August 24, 2008)
- Profession: Photojournalist, TranslatorCNN: Journalists kidnapped in Somalia (August 24, 2008)
- Released on January 15, 2009, after over 100 days in captivity
- Said he was blindfolded the whole time he was captiveCanada.com: Somali journalist released, Albertan still hostage (January 16, 2009)
- A tribal chief had previously been involved in negotiating the releaseCanada.com: Somali journalist released, Albertan still hostage (January 16, 2009)
- In September he said the kidnappers would kill Elmi if they did not receive a payment of $2.5 million within 15 daysCanada.com: Somali journalist released, Albertan still hostage (January 16, 2009)
- The kidnapping took place near Mogadishu, the capital of SomaliaCNN: Journalists kidnapped in Somalia (August 24, 2008)
- The three were on their way to a refugee campCNN: Journalists kidnapped in Somalia (August 24, 2008)
- Last year, eight journalists were killed in SomaliaBloomberg: Somali Journalists Condemn... (August 25, 2008)
- Somalia is the seventh most deadly nation in the world for journalists, according to the Committee to Protect JournalistsCNN: Journalist freed after 146 days in captivity (January 16, 2009)
- His father, Mohamed Elmi, said his son had been released "without condition"Nasdaq: Somalis Kidnapped With Western Journalists Released (January 16, 2009)
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Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi is one of the three journalists that were kidnapped in Somalia on August 23, 2008. Elmi is a local photojournalist and acted as a translator and driver for Nigel Brennan and Amanda Lindhout, the two other abducted journalists.CNN: Journalists kidnapped in Somalia (August 24, 2008)
Elmi was released on January 15, 2009. He said he did not have any information about the other two journalists, since they had not been held in the same place.CNN: Journalist freed after 146 days in captivity (January 16, 2009)
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Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi Questions
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