The solution to the problem of Southern Africa cannot remain forever hostage to proposals aimed at procrastination and the postponement of the solution.
They hold the crews hostage with machine-guns and semi-automatic pistols, then force the captain to anchor off the northern part of Somalia’s coast for several weeks until a ransom is paid.
They hold the crews hostage with machine-guns and semi-automatic pistols, then force the captain to anchor off the northern part of Somalia's coast for several weeks until a ransom is paid.
After the hostage-taker - an embittered former police officer, Rolando Mendoza - started shooting, the security forces struggled for more than an hour to board the vehicle and save the passengers.