Three Syrians from MV Orna releasedAfter being held hostage since December 2010, even after their ship
and the rest of the crew were released last October, three Syrian
seafarers were suddenly freed this week without any ransom being paid.The three Syrians were among six who remained as hostages after the
remainder of the crew of the UAE-owned ship ORNA (27,915-dwt) was
released together with their vessel once a ransom, said to be US$400,000 was paid. At the time the pirates said the money was too little and for this reason they refused to allow the six sailors to leave with their
shipmates.In the latest development, it is not clear what happened to the other three seamen.The vessel was taken by the pirates on 10 December 2012 some 400 n.miles northeast of the Seychelles.The governor of the Adado region in Somalia, Mohamed Aden Tiicey,
said that an agreement had been reached with the pirates for the men to
be handed over without any further ransom being paid. However, it seems
that the pirates may have received a free pardon, on condition that they handed over their weapons and the hostages.The leader of the pirates who surrendered themselves and their
hostages is the son of Mohamed Abdi Hassan, better known as ‘Afweyne’,
who was leader of a band of pirates that took millions of dollars in
ransoms paid over almost ten years, before ‘retiring’ and joining the
Adado region government.
PIRACY
01 February 2013 - 20:03
SYRIAN SEAFARERS RELEASED WITHOUT RANSOM AFTER TWO YEARS
After being held hostage since December 2010, three Syrian seafarers were suddenly freed this week without any ransom being paid.
PIRACY
01 February 2013 - 20:03
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