Two crew have been taken hostage from a tanker off West Africa, but Nigeria’s navy has freed the vessel.
The 7,700–dwt Maximus (built 2007) was attacked and hijacked off the Ivory Coast, probably on 11 February.
But India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday the vessel and 10 Indian seafarers were released with the help of Nigeria.
An Indian and a Pakistani remain in the control of pirates, however.
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