Somali Pirates Free Thai Sailors After Four Years in Captivity

By Mohamed Sheikh Nor

(Bloomberg) — Somali pirates launched 4 Thai nationals who had been held captive for greater than 4 years, an anti-piracy official stated.

Somalia’s Galmudug state helped safe the discharge on Thursday of the 4, who had been crew members on a ship, native official Omar Sheikh Ali stated by telephone. He didn’t say whether or not any ransom was paid. United Nations officers had been additionally concerned of their launch, he stated.

“They’ve gone through a long-time horrific ordeal in which their captors often used torture,” Ali stated.