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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The 26 crew members onboard a fishing boat hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia nearly a week ago have been freed, Spanish and Somali authorities said Saturday.
“The ship is free and the pirates disappeared into their villages,” said Abdi Khalif Ahmed, chairman of Haradhere port local authority in central Somalia, by telephone.
Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega declined to say whether a ransom had been paid to the hijackers, insisting the release of the Playa de Bakio had been achieved by “cooperation and diplomacy.”
