Turkish ship hijacked by Somali pirates released after ransom paid
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Hurriyet DN Online with wires
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Ocak 13, 2009 11:33
The Turkish ship Karagol, hijacked off Yemen with 14 crew by Somali pirates in November, has been released in return for a ransom, Dogan News Agency reported on Tuesday. (UPDATED)
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It was transporting more than 4,000 tons of chemicals to the port of Mumbai.
"The ship was released today. The crew is fine," Kubilay Marangoz, a lawyer for the Istanbul-based YDC Maritime Company, told AFP.
Armed Somali pirates earlier in January had released another Turkish ship, "M/V Yasa Neslihan", captured in October along with 20 sailors in the Gulf of Aden after a ransom was paid.
Piracy has soared off Somalia, which is caught up in an Islamic insurgency and has no functioning government.