Somali pirates free 7 BD sailors after 42-month captivity

Somali pirates have freed seven Bangladeshi crew held hostage abroad a Malaysian flagged vessels for over 42 months, said a foreign ministry official in Dhaka  Saturday. The Bangladeshis were on board vessel MV Albedo when it was hijacked by Somali pirates on November 26, 2010. They have been released by their captors and are being flown to Nairobi by a special aircraft of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Kenya, said the official. All seven abducted crew are expected to join their families in Bangladesh soon, he said, according to a news agency.