SL crew aboard ship hijacked by Somali pirates arrive at BIA

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Eight Sri Lankans, who were aboard the oil tanker captured by the Somali pirates recently, arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport a short while ago.

They were welcomed by family members after disembarking the Qatar Airways QR 654 flight from Doha.

The oil tanker they were working on was hijacked by Somali pirates while it was in the Indian Ocean on March 13, the first such successful hijack of a commercial ship by Somali pirates since 2012.

They were released without a ransom be made. (T K G Kapila)

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SL Thursday, 13 April 2017 08:23 PM

May be they are care about only SLankans......

seqi Saturday, 15 April 2017 08:35 PM

Somali fishermen have the same problems that Sri Lankan fishermen have with foreign fishing boats poaching and wrecking traditional fishing grounds via DM Android App

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