A federal judge sentenced two Somali men to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for holding an American journalist captive in Somalia for nearly three years, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Abdi Yusuf Hassan, 56, of Minnesota, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, of Somalia, were sentenced for hostage-taking, terrorism, and firearm offenses in connection with the 2012 kidnapping of Michael Scott Moore. They were convicted by a federal court jury in New York on Feb. 24 last year.
