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Back|4 Indonesian seamen kidnapped by Somali pirates return home
4 Indonesian seamen kidnapped by Somali pirates return home
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SCMP Economy·1 hour ago·World·1 min read·🇨🇳China

4 Indonesian seamen kidnapped by Somali pirates return home

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  • Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates returned to Jakarta after being rescued from the hijacked MT Honour 25 tanker.
  • Five other crew members were killed by the pirates during the five-month ordeal.

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The MT Honour 25 tanker was hijacked by pirates in April. Puntland maritime police rescued the remaining crew members a week prior to the return of the Indonesian sailors.

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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 Pakistanis, an Indian and a Myanmar national – according to a Puntland police statement.

The four Indonesians were received at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport by their families and officials including Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir.

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  • ?Are there ongoing legal proceedings against the pirates?

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  • Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates returned to Jakarta after being rescued from the hijacked MT Honour 25 tanker.
  • Five other crew members were killed by the pirates during the five-month ordeal.

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