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Later Friday, the raid by South Korean commandos killed eight pirates and captured five others, ending the week-long captivity of 21 crewmembers, including eight South Koreans, aboard the Samho Jewelry.
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The South Korean crewmembers are expected to return home around next Saturday, said Samho Shipping, which runs the Samho Jewelry, according to Yonhap news agency.
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In November, Somali pirates freed the South Korean supertanker Samho Dream and its 24-member crew after seven months of captivity.
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In January, however, South Korean commandos attacked the Samho Jewelry after it had been hijacked, killing eight pirates and arresting five others, with no loss of life to crew members.
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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the Samho Jewelry was being accompanied by the destroyer to a safe area; it did not elaborate.
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Friday's operation came a week after the Somali attackers seized the Samho Jewelry, a 11,500-ton chemical carrier sailing from the United Arab Emirates to Sri Lanka.
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South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images RAID AT SEA: South Korean naval forces boarded the 'Samho Jewelry' cargo ship Friday in the Arabian Sea, where they rescued all 21 hostages being held by Somali pirates who had captured the vessel.
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The Samho Jewelry was the second vessel from South Korea-based Samho Shipping to be hijacked in recent months.
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The Norwegian-owned Samho Jewelry was heading to Sri Lanka from the United Arab Emirates when it was seized last Saturday, 650 kilometers southeast of the port of Muscat.
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Later Friday, the raid by South Korean commandos killed eight pirates and captured five others, ending the weeklong captivity of 21 crew members, including eight South Koreans, aboard the Samho Jewelry.
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