Luke Somers

Luke Daniel Somers (1981 – 6 December 2014)UK Birth Registers, Westminster, vol 15, p. 2279 was a British-American photojournalist. He was held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen until they killed him. He was a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States.Al-Qaeda in Yemen threatens to kill British-born hostage, thetimes.co.uk; accessed December 7, 2014. 

Somers was born in London. He graduated from Beloit College in Wisconsin with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing and later traveled to Egypt before settling in Yemen.

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