Somali pirates release ship's crew

Somali pirates have released the crew of a Belgian ship seized 10 weeks ago following the payment of a ransom.

The 10-member crew of the Pompei dredger are in good health and the ship is now on its way to an unidentified harbor where it was expected to arrive in a few days.

From there, the crew will fly home to their families. Belgium's Defense Minister says the ship's owners had paid a ransom to release the ship and crew.

The ship, its Dutch captain and crew of two Belgians, three Filipinos and four Croatians were seized on April 18th a few hundred miles north of the Seychelles islands.

They were sailing from Dubai to South Africa. The pirates took the ship to Somalia.

Somali pirates have released the crew of a Belgian ship seized 10 weeks ago following the payment of a ransom. (CCTV.com)