$10 million ransom demand for South African cruising sailors

10:37 PM Fri 28 Jan 2011 GMT

'Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz - $10 million ransom demanded' .

According to previously reliable sources, Somali pirates holding two South African cruising sailors have demanded a $10 million ransom from the South African government. This was confirmed by the director of the East African Seafarer's Assistance program in Mombasa, Andrew Mwangura, who has previously always been reliable in his reportage of piracy incident situations. According to South Africa's Mercury, they were also given this information by a source close to the family of one of the abducted sailors. Cruising couple Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz had left their own boat, on which they lived, to assist Peter Eldridge sail his ...

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