Somalia arrests 10 Indian sailors in capital

Published November 17, 2014

Somali police say they have arrested 10 Indian sailors in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

Police spokesman Abdullahi Hassan Barise says they are under investigation and the police will release a statement shortly.

Businessman Bashir Hassan says the men were arrested because Somali businessmen had chartered their vessel, the Muskan, to carry charcoal from the ports of Barawe and Kismayo. Both ports are controlled by Islamist insurgents trying to overthrow the weak U.N.-backed government.

Hassan says the 10 were handcuffed on Tuesday and taken to Mogadishu's central prison.

Last year the government banned the export of charcoal. Burning trees to make charcoal is one of the few ways to make money in arid, poverty-stricken Somalia.

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