Why are the Egyptian fisherman sailing home and not flying home?”
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels overpowered Somali pirates after being held hostage for four months and, with machetes and tools, killed at least two pirates before sailing to freedom, a pirate and businessmen said Friday. The case marked a rare instance of crewmen fighting back against Somali pirates, who usually hold their hostages for months in anticipation of million-dollar ransoms. One pirate was in custody after local fishermen found him near shore with machete wounds, police said. A top manager of the Yemeni fishing company that hired the vessels, the Ahmed Samara and Momtaz 1, said the crew may have been helped by gunmen the pirates hired to help watch over the boat.
