AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011, SPA -- The crew of an Italian-owned cargo ship, hijacked off the coast of Oman in April, has been freed, authorities said on Friday. According to Reuters, the MV Rosalia D'Amato was on its way to Iran from Brazil with a cargo of soya when it was seized by an armed pirate gang. The Italian foreign ministry said that the crew had been freed but that they had not yet been handed over to Italian authorities. "This is an operation which is still underway in a high risk zone which can only be considered to be closed once the crew has been taken into charge by the Italian military authorities," it said in a statement.
