The Sy Choizil hostages are free

(B2) The two sailors of the yacht Choizil are free: the South African Debbie Calitz and the Italian Bruno Pelizzari had been kidnapped on October 26, 2010 by Somali pirates while they were on board the boat "Sy Choizil" off the coast of Tanzania. The ransom demanded by the hackers, from $10 million at the start, dropped to $500.000 in 2011 according to South African media. A third man had escaped his captors and been recovered by a French frigate taking part in the European anti-piracy operation. Read : The South African skipper safe and sound. Tale of a hectic weekend

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