- Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted were kidnapped in October
- They worked for the de-mining unit of a Danish aid group
- The group says both are unharmed and at a safe location
(CNN) -- Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Somalia last year were rescued during an operation early Wednesday, a Danish aid group said.
"After being held hostage for three months, American citizen Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted from Denmark have today successfully been rescued from their kidnappers in Somalia," a statement from the Danish Refugee Council said.
The details of their rescue were not immediately available, but the group said both were unharmed and at a safe location.
Gunmen abducted them in October after they visited humanitarian projects in the northern Galkayo area, the aid group said.
Both were working for the council's de-mining unit, which aims to make civilians safe from landmines and unexploded ordnance.
A number of high-profile abductions of foreigners have occurred in Somalia and in Kenya, close to the border with largely lawless Somalia. The kidnappings have been blamed on the Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.
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