After months of negotiations Somali pirates were given their ransom, after which they decided to leave the Ukrainian ship that they had previously hijacked last September.
Although these pirates of the 21st Century originally wanted 20 million dollars, they were reportedly given only 3.2 million.
According to BBC the pirates took control of the vessel called MV-Faina and held its crew of 20 as hostages. The ship was supposed to reach its destination, Kenya, at the end of last September with its cargo consisting of tanks, rocket launchers and other smaller weapons.
After receiving their ransom the gunmen decided to leave the ship one by one and also started releasing the hostages. In the end only three boys remained, but eventually they were released, nobody got hurt. Among the crew of Faina there were mainly Ukrainians and also some Russians and Latvians. The ship can continue its journey to reach Kenya with its cargo of weaponry.
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