All 34 crew members of a Japanese bonito boat hijacked Wednesday in the Solomon Sea are safe, and the three hijackers have been detained, the vessel's operator announced Thursday morning.
The Soltai-68 arrived in Guadalcanal, one of the islands in the Solomons chain, shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday Japan time, the major Japanese seafood company Maruha Corp. said, quoting officials of its subsidiary in the Solomons.
Two Japanese fishermen were among the crew members. The company identified them as Hirokazu Shimozato, 41, and Morihide Nagama, 49, both from Irabu, Okinawa Prefecture.