A British man held hostage by Somali pirates has said his captors have threatened to kill him or his wife "within four or five days" if they do not receive a ransom, dpa reported. Paul and Rachel Chandler disappeared while sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania on October 23 near waters teeming with Somali pirates, who regularly seize ships for ransom. Their yacht, the Lynn Rival, was later found abandoned, and Somali pirates confirmed they were holding the couple hostage. Speaking in a telephone interview with British TV channel ITN broadcast Thursday, Paul Chandler, 59, said he had been separated from his wife Rachel, 55, and that he believed time was running short. "I'm afraid that they will just kill us and abandon us in the desert here," he said.
