Somali pirates drown with ransom share

Five Somali pirates who released a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3m (€2.2m) ransom after their small boat capsized.

Somali pirates drown with ransom share
Sat, 10 Jan, 2009 - 10:55

Five Somali pirates who released a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3m (€2.2m) ransom after their small boat capsized.

Pirate Daud Nure said the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm after dozens of pirates left the Sirius Star following a two-month stand-off in the Gulf of Aden.

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