Sat Feb 27, 2010
Somali pirates have received the largest ransom of $7.5 million for releasing an Indonesian ship carrying chemicals and its 28 crew.
It has been the largest amount of ransom paid to Somali pirates so far for releasing a foreign ship hijacked in Gulf of Aden, Press TV's correspondent said.
A source close to pirates, Abdi Risaaq Faytaan, said that since the chemicals were urgently needed, the ship's owner agreed to pay $7.5 million to the pirates.
In the meantime, the Somali pirates also shot dead a Yemeni fishing captain who delivered a cargo of weapons to the Somali government's officials at Puntland seaport of Bosaso, our correspondent added .
Heavy and small weapons are said to be flooded from Yemen to Somalia on a regular basis. They cause daily attacks in Somalia and increase the endless hostility among people of Somalia.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/119608.html.
Somali pirates have received the largest ransom of $7.5 million for releasing an Indonesian ship carrying chemicals and its 28 crew.
It has been the largest amount of ransom paid to Somali pirates so far for releasing a foreign ship hijacked in Gulf of Aden, Press TV's correspondent said.
A source close to pirates, Abdi Risaaq Faytaan, said that since the chemicals were urgently needed, the ship's owner agreed to pay $7.5 million to the pirates.
In the meantime, the Somali pirates also shot dead a Yemeni fishing captain who delivered a cargo of weapons to the Somali government's officials at Puntland seaport of Bosaso, our correspondent added .
Heavy and small weapons are said to be flooded from Yemen to Somalia on a regular basis. They cause daily attacks in Somalia and increase the endless hostility among people of Somalia.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/119608.html.
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