Somali pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000
The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 (€113,919) in cash, a resident said today, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.
Five pirates drowned on Friday when their small boat capsized after they received a reported $3m (€2.2m) ransom for releasing a Saudi oil tanker. Local resident Omar Abdi Hassan said one of the bodies had been found on a beach near the coastal town of Haradhere and relatives were searching for the other four.
