Luke Somers

Luke Somers
Born
Luke Daniel Somers

1981
London, England[1]
DiedDecember 6, 2014[2] (aged 33)
USS Makin Island, off Yemen
Cause of deathComplications from gunshot wounds
NationalityBritish/American
Alma materBeloit College (2008)[3]
OccupationPhotojournalist

Luke Daniel Somers (29 August 1981 – 6 December 2014)[4] was a British-born[5] American photojournalist who had been held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. He was a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States.[6] He traveled to Egypt before settling in Yemen.[7]

Somers was described by his friend as "a great man with a kind heart who really loves the Yemeni people and the country ... He was so dedicated in trying to help change Yemen's future, to do good things for the people that he didn't leave the country [Yemen] his entire time here."[8]

  1. ^ Al-Qaida threatens to kill U.S. photojournalist, UPI.com; accessed December 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Hostages Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie killed during rescue attempt in Yemen, cbc.ca; accessed December 7, 2014.
  3. ^ Beloit College grad threatened by Yemen's al-Qaida in new video Archived December 5, 2014, at archive.today, Wsj.com; accessed December 6, 2014.
  4. ^ UK Birth Registers, Westminster, vol 15, p. 2279
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Al-Qaeda in Yemen threatens to kill British-born hostage, thetimes.co.uk; accessed December 7, 2014.
  7. ^ Staff, Associated Press. "Luke Somers, American Killed In Yemen, Had 'Wanderlust'". HuffingtonPost.
  8. ^ The Associated Press. "Luke Somers, American Killed In Yemen, Had 'Wanderlust'". HuffingtonPost.