4 Indonesian seamen kidnapped by Somali pirates return home

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Four Indonesian seamen returned home after being held hostage by Somali pirates for more than five months aboard the oil tanker MT Honour 25. Puntland maritime police rescued the crew in a raid after the vessel was hijacked; five crew members had been killed before its recapture.

Four Indonesian seamen who were kidnapped and held hostage by Somali pirates aboard an oil tanker for more than five months arrived back home on Tuesday, an Agence France-Presse reporter saw. The men were among 17 crew rescued a week ago when maritime police from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia stormed the Palau-flagged MT Honour 25 tanker that was hijacked in April. Before the vessel could be recaptured, the pirates had already killed five crew members – three...