One crew member of highjacked m/v Marathon died?

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June 22

[Fred Vloo]

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Somali pirates released on Tuesday the Dutch  ship they had hijacked last month in the Gulf of Aden and one crew member was  found dead aboard the boat, according to the Dutch defence ministry.
The pirates let the ship, in which a crew member was found dead, leave,  ministry spokesman Marcel Pullen said. "He was shot dead."
The victim had died the day of the MV Marathon's capture on May 7, he  added.
Another crew member suffered a bullet wound, Pullen said.
The MV Marathon was being escorted to a "safe port" by the Dutch fregate De  Zeven Provincien, the spokesman said, refusing to reveal the location.
The ship, which had eight crew members, was carrying cokes, a coal residue  used in steel making.
Somali pirates still hold 14 ships carrying more than 200 sailors, nearly a  quarter of them Filipinos, according to the latest figures from the  International Maritime Bureau.
Western powers as well as Russia and Chinese authorities have deployed  warships to battle piracy off the coast of Somalia.

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Cargadoor Amons in Zaandam, die het schip de
Marathon beheert, wilde dinsdag geen commentaar geven op het
vrijgeven van het schip. ,,Daar hebben we geen tijd voor.''
   De Marathon is het tweede Nederlandse schip dat werd gekaapt in
de Golf van Aden. Het betrekkelijk kleine vrachtschip staat
geregistreerd in Willemstad op Cura