MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali pirates who seized an oil tanker earlier this week have released the ship and its crew without conditions, officials said late Thursday.
The pirates left the ship, which was heading to the port of Bossaso, the region’s commercial hub, with its eight Sri Lankan crew members aboard, said a security official, Ahmed Mohamed.
Mr. Mohamed said the release occurred after local elders and officials opened negotiations with the pirates, who seized the tanker on Monday. The pirates were not arrested and were allowed to leave, he said.
Naval forces from the semiautonomous state of Puntland
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/16/somali-pirates-release-hijacked-tanker-and-crew/
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