Somali pirates have released a United Arab Emirates oil tanker hijacked a week ago. Regional maritime official Andrew Mwangura on Thursday said the ship was released after a two lakh U.S. dollar ransom was paid. He said the vessel, Jubba XX, which had multi- national crew is now headed to the port of Bosasso in Somalia, where it is expected to dock later on Thursday. Mwangura said the full laden oil product tanker was hijacked by nine heavily armed pirates 16 while on passage from UAE heading to Berbera in the breakaway region of Somaliland. He said the crew members of the vessel comprised one Sri Lankan, one Sudanese, one Myanmar, one Kenyan, four Somalis, three Bangladeshi and five Indians. Mwangura said the vessel was hijacked last Saturday approximately 220 nautical miles Northwest of Socotra, Yemen.