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UPDATE 2-India says 20 crew kidnapped from tanker off West Africa

Published 16/12/2019, 16:40
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NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (Reuters) - India's foreign ministry said
on Monday that 20 of its nationals had been kidnapped from an
oil tanker in West African waters, where piracy has been on the
rise.
"Our Mission in Abuja has taken up the matter with the
Nigerian authorities, as also with the authorities of the
neighbouring countries," the ministry said in a statement.
It said the vessel was the Marshall Islands-flagged DUKE.
The ship's operator Union Maritime wrote on its website that
the craft was "attacked and boarded" while carrying fuel oil to
the Togolese capital Lome from Angola and that the company was
working with relevant authorities to resolve the incident.
The shipping industry has warned in recent months about
increased incidents of piracy and kidnapping in the Gulf of
Guinea, particularly around Nigeria.
Pirates on Dec. 5 kidnapped 19 crew members, all but one of
them Indian nationals, from a supertanker off Nigeria chartered
by French oil major Total to deliver crude oil to India.
Pirates released three crew taken hostage from a Greek oil
tanker off the coast of Togo in November, the vessel's manager
said on Friday.

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