{"id":289285,"date":"2011-03-04T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/danish-children-moved-to-somalia\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:32:01","slug":"danish-children-moved-to-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/danish-children-moved-to-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish children moved to Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n 4 March 2011<\/span>
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Somali pirates say they have moved a party of Danes including three children from their hijacked yacht to a ship moored off the Somali coast.<\/p>\n

Spokesmen for the pirates said the seven Danish citizens had been put on a ship where other foreign hostages are already being held.<\/p>\n

Jan Quist Johansen, his wife and their children, aged 12 to 16, were seized with two other adults on 24 February.<\/p>\n

The pirates have warned they will die if any bid is made to rescue them.<\/p>\n

It is rare that children have been abducted by the pirates who usually target cargo ships sailing near the Gulf of Aden, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.<\/p>\n

The Danish yacht was hijacked two days after four US citizens aboard another hijacked vessel were shot dead, reportedly by their captors as US naval forces closed in.<\/p>\n

Piracy is a highly lucrative trade in Somalia, where gangs can often demand millions of dollars in ransoms.<\/p>\n

According to the EU’s anti-piracy naval force, the pirates are holding a total of 31 vessels and nearly 700 hostages along the coast of Somalia, which has not had a properly functioning government for decades.<\/p>\n

‘Ransom plans’<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Johansen is being held along with his wife Birgit Marie Johansen, their sons Rune and Hjalte, and their daughter Naja.<\/p>\n

It is believed their yacht dropped anchor near the Somali coastal village of Hafun late on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

A Somali pirate who gave his name as Muse Abdi told the Associated Press news agency the family had been transferred to another, larger pirated ship as a precaution.<\/p>\n

“They are safe,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They were just transferred from the boat to the big ship. They have been added to other nationals in another ship to avoid any possible attack.”<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Harawo, who said he was a member of the pirate ship’s crew, was quoted by the Norwegian daily Verdens Gang as saying the Danish group had been split up – “on the same ship but in different places”.<\/p>\n

Another pirate spokesman, Abdullahi Mohamed, said all of the Danes would die if a rescue was attempted. <\/p>\n

He added that the family’s captors were discussing how big a ransom to demand, and added that investors backing the pirate gang were angling for a large sum.<\/p>\n

‘Insane’ route<\/span><\/p>\n

The Johansen family are from Kalundborg, 120km (75 miles) west of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

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They [the Johansens] sailed right into the pirates’ arms\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\n\tHead of Danish ship-owner Clipper<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

They had been planning to enter the Mediterranean through the Suez canal from the Red Sea, said Ole Meridin Petersen, chairman of the Kalundborg yacht club.<\/p>\n

While they were aware of the hijacking of the US yacht, but it is not clear if they had heard about the Americans’ deaths.<\/p>\n

On 19 February, the Johansens blogged that they had drawn up a “piracy plan for who does what if we are attacked”. No details were given.<\/p>\n

When, a day later, they spotted counter-piracy patrol planes, they wrote: “It is reassuring that they look after us.”<\/p>\n

Writing about the US hijacking, they said: “This is far over thousands of kilometres away and the Arabian Sea that we sail in is the size of Europe”.<\/p>\n

Per Gullestrup, head of Danish ship-owner Clipper, said it was “totally insane” for a yacht to sail on its own into waters where much bigger commercial ships often travel in convoys and hire armed guards.<\/p>\n

“They sailed right into the pirates’ arms,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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