By: Sarwar Alam
Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued, authorities in central Somalia said Monday (10). Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, district commissioner for the pirate-hub region of Hobyo, told local press the Al Kauser ship had been held off the Indian Ocean coast near Yemen after the hijacking on March 31. “We have the boat and two of the crew members but eight other members of the crew are still missing because the pirates took them off the boat,” the commissioner said. Ali said the two…
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