Eight Egyptian Sailors Kidnapped Off Somalia Released
Eight Egyptian sailors who were kidnapped aboard the M/T Eureka off the coast of Somalia’s Puntland region have been released, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Egyptians Abroad announced.
The sailors had been held since May 2.
According to the Middle East News Agency (MENA), Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Nader Zaki said Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Egyptians Abroad, instructed the Egyptian Embassy in Mogadishu to receive the sailors and check on their well-being.
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