Athens: Greek authorities said that pirates have freed two merchant navy officers kidnapped from a Greek-managed cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month.
The Merchant Marine Ministry says the two – the Ukrainian captain of the Perseus and its Greek first engineer – were released on Friday. They had been kidnapped on January 26, attack on the Perseus which left two Egyptian sailors wounded.
The ministry said that the two are at a naval base in Nigeria, and will be undergoing medical checks before returning home, possibly on Sunday. The St Vincent and Grenadines-flagged Perseus had a crew of 15 Ukrainian, Greek, Syrian, Egyptian and Filipino seamen.
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