Category: Piracy at sea

I was kidnapped and held hostage for 977 days. Could I forgive my captors?

by The Guardian | Oct 13, 2026 | Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Piracy at sea, Somalia, The Guardian, World News | 0 |

At first the idea of mercy was something that helped me through the ordeal. But would real forgiveness be a form of Stockholm syndrome?I knew Mohamed Tahlil as a gentle pirate who oversaw a team of guards during the first months...

The pirates arrived with AK-47s. They took us hostage – then the torture began

by The Guardian | Sep 15, 2026 | Life and style, Piracy at sea, Somalia, The Guardian, World News | 0 |

Chirag Bahri was working on board a tanker when six men seized it. For almost eight months, he and his colleagues were held captive, an experience that would change his life for everIt was at noon on 8 May 2010 when the pirates...