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Mon, 04/05/2010 - 21:12
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Somali pirates free Yemeni ship
SANA'A, April 05 (Saba)- Somali pirates have freed a
Yemeni ship with 12 sailors which was hijacked on 24 March in Somali water, Interior
Ministry
said on Monday.
The owner of the ship said to security services that his ship was freed after
negotiations with the pirates who demanded US$5 million in ransom for the release
of the ship.
He added that he had paid the $5 million ransom to the Somali pirates, pointing out
that the ship with 11 people of its crew has headed to Yemen.
"One of the crew, a Tanzanian person, was killed by the pirates", he made it clear.
MD/YA
Yemeni ship with 12 sailors which was hijacked on 24 March in Somali water, Interior
Ministry
said on Monday.
The owner of the ship said to security services that his ship was freed after
negotiations with the pirates who demanded US$5 million in ransom for the release
of the ship.
He added that he had paid the $5 million ransom to the Somali pirates, pointing out
that the ship with 11 people of its crew has headed to Yemen.
"One of the crew, a Tanzanian person, was killed by the pirates", he made it clear.
MD/YA
