After payment of ransom, the Somali pirates have released an oil ship, along with its 29-member crew including 17 Pakistanis.
According to the International Maritime Bureau statistics, Somali pirates hijacked the ship last year. Somali pirates are becoming increasingly a nuisance and they have expanded the scope to hit the sea near the Mozambique Channel.
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