Somali pirate claims $7m paid for two Spanish hostages
Somali pirates received a ransom of seven million dollars for the release of two Spanish hostages held for four and a half months, a pirate said yesterday.
"The money was left by air on an Italian building (controlled by pirates)" on Saturday, said Abdi Yare, a pirate operating from the northeast Somali port of Hobyo.
An elder in Hobyo, Mohamed Duale, said the ransom payment was dropped by helicopter. "The ransom is the biggest I've ever heard of for the release of just two hostages," he told AFP.
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