Sonntag, 25. September 2011

Pirates free hijacked Spanish oil tanker, crew OK

MADRID -- A Spanish oil tanker that was hijacked by pirates off West Africa 10 days ago was freed Saturday and the 23-member crew is OK, its owner said.
No ransom was paid for the release of the Cypriot-flagged Mattheos I, although pirates who seized it stole as much as they could of the diesel fuel it was carrying as cargo, said Consultores de Navegacion spokeswoman Sheena Campbell. One crew member was slightly injured when he was hit by a pirate, but all the other crew members are fine,

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