Four Indonesian seamen arrived home on Tuesday following a five-month ordeal as hostages of Somali pirates. The men were part of a 17-member crew aboard the Palau-flagged oil tanker MT Honour 25, which was hijacked in April.

The rescue occurred last week when maritime police from the Puntland region of northern Somalia conducted a raid on the vessel. While the operation successfully secured the release of the surviving crew, the incident resulted in significant loss of life. Reports indicate that five crew members were killed by the pirates prior to the police intervention. The return of the Indonesian nationals marks the conclusion of a prolonged maritime security crisis involving the vessel. Authorities have confirmed the safe arrival of the four men, though the broader circumstances surrounding the hijacking and the specific identities of the deceased crew members remain a focus of ongoing investigations into regional piracy.