Seven Indian sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates more than four years were freed on Thursday, officials said. The sailors were released in Harardhere, a coastal town north of Mogadishu, and were flown to the capital.
"The seven Indian sailors, among them a captain, were held hostage by pirates near Harardhere during the past four years," area governor Hussein Ali Weheliye Irfo said.
"They have suffered hardships both mentally and physically but they are finally free, thanks to the Somali government and other external actors," he added.