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Freed Indonesians recall Somali kidnap ordeal

JAKARTA, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – Four Indonesian fishermen had an emotional reunion with their families Monday after returning home following a kidnap ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates, recalling the horrors they endured. Looking skinny, weak and tired, the sailors hugged their sobbing relatives at a ceremony in the capital Jakarta that came about a week after they were released, along with 22 other Asian captives following almost five years as hostages. “We are still traumatised, we’re still afraid,” said one of the captives, 24-year-old Sudirman, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. “We don’t know what we are feeling right now.