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The sailors from China, the Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan were seized when the Omani-flagged FV Naham 3 was hijacked close to the Seychelles in March 2012, when pirate attacks were common in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crew is staying overnight in Galkayo. They will arrive in (the Kenyan capital) Nairobi at 1830 local time tomorrow,\u201d said John Steed, East Africa region manager for the Oceans Beyond Piracy group.<\/p>\n
The mayor of Galkayo in northern Somalia <\/a>had earlier said the crew was set to arrive in Kenya on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n \u201cThe crew did not say if ransom was paid,\u201d mayor Hirsi Yusuf Barre told Reuters.<\/p>\n Their period of captivity is one of the longest among hostages seized by pirates <\/a>in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.<\/p>\n Steed said one member of the crew had died during the hijacking while two succumbed to illness. Among those released, one was being treated for a gunshot wound on his foot and three were diabetic.<\/p>\n The sailors were held in Dabagala near the town of Harardheere some 400 km (250 miles) northeast of the capital Mogadishu. Harardheere became known as Somalia\u2019s main pirate base at the height of the crisis.<\/p>\n The Oceans Beyond Piracy group said the crew were brought ashore by pirates when their ship sank more than a year after its hijacking.<\/p>\n