Twelve crewmembers kidnapped from a Swiss ship off Nigeria last month have been freed, Swiss judicial officials said on Sunday.
Negotiations between the owner Massoel Shipping and the kidnappers of the Glarus bulk carrier led to the release of seven Filipinos, a Bosnian, a Croatian, a Romanian, a Slovenian and a Ukrainian, all of whom were then flown to Switzerland.
bulk carrier led to the release of seven Filipinos, a Bosnian, a Croatian, a Romanian, a Slovenian and a Ukrainian, all of whom were then flown to Switzerland.The bulk carrier was boarded on September 22 in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria’s Bonny Island. The twelve crew were taken and most of the vessel’s communications equipment was destroyed.
