Pirates Drown While Taking Booty

Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker and received a $3 million ransom for it should have been happy with their haul. However, as they hauled it away, their boat capsized and they drowned.

Pirate Daud Nure says the boat with eight people on board overturned in a storm after dozens of pirates left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden that ended Friday.

He said five people died and three people reached shore after swimming for several hours. Daud Nure was not part of the pirate operation but knew those involved.