CNN reported that Somali pirated captured and kidnapped a British couple aboard their yacht last week.
The Somali pirates are asking for a $7 million ransom and British officials say they won't pay it.
Paul and Rachel Chandler were taken from their yacht in the Indian Ocean on October 23. The two have been moved to another ship that pirates have had for a several months now.
The couple spoke to Rachel Chandler's brother on Friday that CNN videotaped. Chandler's brother read a letter to the pirates asking for the immediate release of his sister.
The New York times reported that some of the pirates might want money while others argue that they should get some pirate colleagues in exchange for the couple.
The pirates have now bought the couple onto shore in the town of Baxdo and many residents believe that they have do so because of the military presence in the ocean.
Pirates have been very active in the war-torn country of Somalia in the past two years. Somalia has been without a stable government since 1991 and since then has been a violent torn country. Piracy has been a huge problem. There have been more than 300 piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia.
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