Somali pirates leave Ukrainian ship-maritime group

Paying terrorists their ransom is never a good Idea ! It just encourages them !!!
But we can only hope that some of these Jackass's suffer the same as the last ones ! The sinking of their dingy , resulting in drowning !

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks seized by Somali pirates in September will be freed shortly following a ransom payment, a Kenyan-based piracy monitoring group said on Thursday.

"We hear the pirates are leaving the Faina now in small groups and it will be underway shortly," said Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program.

The MV Faina was captured in September with its 20-man crew and a cargo of Soviet-era T-72 tanks plus other weapons. Its seizure drew international attention, not only for its military cargo, but for a regional row over the destination of the tanks.

A local man helping negotiate the release of the ship told Reuters on Wednesday the pirates had been paid a ransom of $3.2 million. Mwangura said earlier on Thursday that about 100 gunmen were aboard the vessel counting the cash.

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