U.S. defence official says U.S. forces carried out Somers rescue attempt

Reuters

6 December 2014 at 5:35 am

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. forces conducted a mission on Friday to rescue kidnapped journalist Luke Somers, a U.S. defense official said, declining to confirm reports that Somers had been killed. Earlier, a senior official in Yemen's president's office told Reuters that Somers, a citizen of the United States, had died in the rescue operation. "I have seen press reports about Mr. Somers' death but I am unable at this time to reveal more detail about the operation or its result," the U.S. official said on Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel & Kim Coghill)

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