Niger Delta oil rebels have freed five foreign hostages seized last month off the coast of Nigeria, a maritime consultancy firm and the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The Greek-flagged chemical tanker MT Leon Dias was hijacked on January 29 near Brass in the restive oil-rich region, in southern Nigeria.
The attackers left the vessel two days later, but took away two Filipinos, two Russians and one Georgian as hostages.
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