Ransom unchanged, say pirates
2008-11-24 14:25
Mogadishu - The $25m ransom demanded for the release of a Saudi super-tanker laden with crude oil is unchanged, a leader of the group of Somali pirates who seized the ship said on Monday.
"We have not changed the amount of the ransom, it remains at exactly $25m. If we want to change it, it will have to be agreed unanimously with all the people involved," said Mohamed Said.
Said, the leader and spokesperson of the group holding the ship, was reached by phone in the coastal village of Harardhere, off which the Sirius Star was anchored after its capture in the Indian Ocean on November 15.