VICTORIA, Seychelles (eTN) - Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Pelekikena James Michel i nā kānaka Seychellois ʻehiku i hoʻopaʻa pio ʻia e nā pōā Somalia no ko lākou wiwo ʻole a me ka wiwo ʻole i nā lā 80 i paʻa pio ʻia ai lākou.
Ua hālāwai ʻo Pelekikena Michel me nā ʻohana o nā kāne, a me nā lālā o ka Hostages Negotiation Team, i nā kāne ʻehiku ma Seychelles International Airport i ke kakahiaka i nehinei, ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana o kā lākou lele kūikawā mai Kenya.
“Hoʻokipa mākou iā ʻoe i ka home me ka hauʻoli a me ka mahalo. Hoʻokipa mākou iā ʻoe me ka waimaka o ka hauʻoli a hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana iā ʻoe me ka palekana ma ka ʻāina Seychelles! Ua wiwo ʻole a kūpaʻa ʻoe i kou kali ʻana i kou hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ua hana mākou i nā mea a pau e hōʻoia e hoʻi mai ʻoe i ka home me ka maluhia, a i kēia manawa mākou āpau, ma ke ʻano he lāhui hui, e hoʻolauleʻa i kou hoʻi hauʻoli, "i ʻōlelo aku ai ʻo Pelekikena Michel iā Kāpena Francis Roucou a me kāna hui.
ʻO Francis Roucou, ʻo George Bijoux, ʻo Patrick Dyer, ʻo Robin Songoire, ʻo Georges Guichard, ʻo Robert Naiken, ʻo Stephen Stravens i hōʻoluʻolu a hauʻoli i ka lima o kā lākou poʻe aloha.
Ua hopu ʻia ka moku ʻo Indian Ocean Explorer e nā pōā Somalia ma waena o Malaki 28 a 31 o kēia makahiki ʻoiai ʻo ia e holo ana mai ka mokupuni ʻo Assumption. Ua lawe ʻia nā Seychellois ʻehiku ma luna o ka moku ʻāina ʻo Somalia, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe hopu i ke kūkākūkā me nā luna Seychellois no ko lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
Wahi a ke aupuni, ua hiki i kāna Hui Kūkākūkā Hostages, i alakaʻi ʻia e Environment, Natural Resources and Transport Minister Joel Morgan, i kahi kuʻikahi i kēia pule. Ua lawe ʻia nā Seychellois ʻehiku e ka poʻe pōā Somalia i Kenya, kahi i kau ʻia ai lākou ma ka mokulele aupuni Seychelles, no ko lākou hoʻi ʻana i ka mokupuni ʻo Mahé.
Ua hōʻoia ke aupuni ʻaʻole ia i uku i kekahi ʻano pānaʻi i ka poʻe pōā.
