Nairobi: Somali pirates on Friday released a ship, with at least 10 Indians onboard, which was hijacked off the Somalian coast a week ago, officials said.
The owners of the ship, the MV Victoria, told the East Africa Seafarers Assistance Programme that it was released on Friday and is now traveling with a handful of Somali soldiers on board to ensure its safe passage, programme coordinator Andrew Mwangura said.
Marwan Shipping and Trading Company, based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, owns the Jordanian-flagged MV Victoria, Mwangura told The Associated Press. He said he did not know under what terms the pirates released the ship.
The ship is traveling to Mogadishu -- its destination before it was hijacked on May 17 -- to offload its cargo, Mwangura said.
There have been conflicting reports about whether it was carrying humanitarian aid or commercial cargo.
The ship has about a dozen crew members from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Tanzania.
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