Five Foreign Sailors Kidnapped Off Nigeria’s Coast Regain Freedom

Five foreigners who were kidnapped last month when heavily armed pirates stormed their cargo ship
off Nigeria's oil-producing southern coast have been released, the vessel's German operator said Tuesday."Sunship Schiffahrtskontor KG
confirms that all of its five crew members who
were abducted during the boarding of the City of
Xiamen off the coast of Nigeria, on 26 April
2013, were released on 11 May 2013," a
statement said, identifying the hostages as
Russian and Polish nationals.
Days after the attack, reportedly carried out by
14 well-armed gunmen who forced their way into
the ship's saferoom, a Nigerian security source
identified those abducted as Russian, Sri Lankan
and a Myanmar national.
The company said the sailors were in good
health "despite difficult conditions while in
captivity".
The German shipping firm refused to comment
on the circumstances surrounding the release.