Somali hijack update and background

7:34 PM Tue 9 Nov 2010 GMT

'Bruno Pelizzari and his girlfriend, identified so far only as Deborah' .

More details of the recent Somali hijacking of a yacht are emerging. Bruno Pelizzari, a South African citizen of Italian descent and his South African girlfriend known only as Deborah, who were first described as 'a woman and a boy' because of Pelizzari's small stature, are in the hands of Somali pirates. The couple, who had lived in Durban until they set sail for Madagascar a year ago, were on board the Coizil assisting its owner deliver the boat, and headed back to Richards Bay from Dar es Salaam on 21st October. They were kidnapped on 1st November. The skipper/owner, ...

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by The Independent/Sail-World Cruising