COPENHAGEN – Somali pirates have freed a Danish family of five and two crew captured while sailing off the Horn of Africa in February, Danish officials said yesterday. Armed pirates captured the family and two crew members when they hijacked the group’s 43-foot sailboat about 600 miles east of Somalia.
A pirate, who identified himself as Hussein said: “We received a $3 million ransom (on Tuesday) afternoon.” Danish officials declined to comment on whether a ransom was paid.
