Four crew seized off Nigeria are released

Safe and sound: Quartet kidnapped off Nigeria are freed

Augusta Offshore

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Bill Lehane

 09 January 2013 12:37 GMT

Four crew members kidnapped from an Italian platform supply vessel off Nigeria late last month have been released.

Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi confirmed the releases of the men, three of whom are Italian and the fourth Ukrainian, in a statement on Twitter.

“Three Italian sailors kidnapped in Nigeria are free,” the minister wrote. “They will return home soon. Thank you to Italian state staff for their perseverance and professionalism.”

It had previously been thought that all four hostages were Italian.

The seafarers were snatched on 22 December, 74 kilometres off the coast of Bayelsa State.

The attack occurred on a vessel identified by the Nigerian navy as the PSV Asso Ventuno, which…

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