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Five members of a group of Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi-owned oil tanker are reported to have drowned as they made their getaway. The pirates were in a small boat that overturned in rough seas as they left Sirius Star after a US$3 million ransom was paid. A relative of one of the pirates said, 'They were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign naval forces] who invaded Somalia waters'. Three others managed to swim ashore empty-handed from the boat, which was thought to be overloaded and going too fast for the choppy conditions.