Somali pirates free Danish family, crew

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07-09-2011 | 13:46
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Somali pirates have freed a Danish family of five and two crew captured while sailing off the Horn of Africa in February after receiving a $3 million ransom, a pirate told Reuters on Wednesday.    

Armed pirates captured the family -- Jan Quist Johansen, his wife and three children -- and two crew members when they hijacked the group's 43-foot sailboat, SY ING, about 600 miles east of Somalia.    

Danish officials said the released family and crew members were flying back to Denmark, but declined to comment on whether a ransom was paid.  

"The seven Danes are well considering the circumstances," the Danish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "They are expected to be back in Denmark shortly."

-Reuters

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