Beloit College remembering Somers, slain in Yemen

BELOIT - The Beloit College community is grappling with news that a 2008 graduate was slain in Yemen.

Luke Somers was killed Saturday as U.S. forces tried to rescue him from al-Qaida captors. He had been working as a freelance photographer in Yemen when he was kidnapped in September 2013.

Beloit College released a statement Saturday offering condolences to Somers' family, classmates and friends, and ``to the people he courageously and selflessly served in Yemen.'' The statement says: ``We are proud to be associated with Luke and so sorry the world has lost him.''

Full story: WJFW

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