Pirates Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/pirates/ The low down on African affairs Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pirates Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/pirates/ 32 32 Hostages freed in Somalia https://jjcornish.com/2014/06/hostages-freed-somalia/ Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/06/hostages-freed-somalia/ Eleven seamen held by Somali pirates for more than four years are now free. This follows the release of three Kenyan aid workers held hostage for more than two years in Somalia. The sailors from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran are on their way home. Four off their crewmates drowned when their Malaysian-owned cargo […]

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]]> Eleven seamen held by Somali pirates for more than four years are now free.

This follows the release of three Kenyan aid workers held hostage for more than two years in Somalia.

The sailors from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran are on their way home.

Four off their crewmates drowned when their Malaysian-owned cargo ship was seized in 2010.

Twelve were released during negotiations in 2012.

There are reports the last 11 sneaked out of a window while their release was being mediated.

It is understood no ransom was paid for them.

The aid workers who were abducted in 2012 have been freed unharmed.

They are safely back home in Kenya.

 

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