NAIROBI, Kenya -- The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said.
The MV Faina is surrounded by U.S. warships, and a Russian frigate is heading toward the scene, raising the stakes for a possible commando-style raid on the ship. The vessel is carrying 33 tanks and other heavy weapons.
"We held a consultative meeting for more than three hours today and decided to blow up the ship and its cargo -- us included -- if the ship owners did not meet our ransom demand," Sugule Ali told The Associated Press when a reporter called the ship via satellite telephone. morehttp://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/NATION/810100436/-1/rss..
The MV Faina is surrounded by U.S. warships, and a Russian frigate is heading toward the scene, raising the stakes for a possible commando-style raid on the ship. The vessel is carrying 33 tanks and other heavy weapons.
"We held a consultative meeting for more than three hours today and decided to blow up the ship and its cargo -- us included -- if the ship owners did not meet our ransom demand," Sugule Ali told The Associated Press when a reporter called the ship via satellite telephone. morehttp://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/NATION/810100436/-1/rss..
Indian crew of hijacked ship freed unharmed
Armed Somalian pirates on Friday released unharmed three Indians and 26 other members of the crew on board a hijacked cargo ship after keeping them in captivity for more than one and half months. "The vessel has been released from Somali pirates and all crew are safe and healthy," Directorate General of Shipping said in a release. The Indian crew members that were released are Jeeva Kiran D'Souza of Kasargod in Kerala, Akbar Ali Rafeeque Juwale of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and Anthony Clive Themudo of Goa. The ship MV Iran Deyanat, carrying 40,000 tonnes of iron ore en-route from China to Netherlands, was hijacked on the Red Sea by Somali pirates on August 22. http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=475346&sid=NAT
Hijackers of ship off Somalia issue ultimatum NAIROBI, Kenya - The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_piracy_6
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