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Somali security forces free hijacked Panama ship
A ship from Panama captured by Somali pirates has been freed on Tuesday, officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:55 October 14, 2008
Bosasso: A ship from Panama captured by Somali pirates has been freed on Tuesday, officials said.
Somali security forces were able to release the ship two days after a gunbattle left one of the hijackers dead.
"We have succeeded in saving the Panama-flagged ship and its crew," Ali Abdi Aware, state minister for the northern Puntland region said. "The pirates have surrendered and the ship is in our hands now."
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