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UPDATE 2-Ten Turkish sailors seized by pirates off Nigerian coast - shipping company

Published 16/07/2019, 16:34
UPDATE 2-Ten Turkish sailors seized by pirates off Nigerian coast - shipping company

(Updates with foreign ministry statement)
ANKARA, July 16 (Reuters) - Ten Turkish sailors were taken
hostage by armed pirates who attacked a Turkish-flagged cargo
ship off the coast of Nigeria, the vessel's owner said on
Tuesday, adding that another eight sailors were left safely
aboard.
Turkey's foreign ministry said the sailors were seized on
Saturday evening. After the pirates left the ship it was taken
to Ghana's Tema port, and Ghanaian and Nigerian authorities are
working on returning the captured sailors, the ministry said.
Shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik said its ship, the
Paksoy-1, was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea as it sailed from
Cameroon to Ivory Coast without freight.
"According to initial information, there were no injuries or
casualties. Efforts for all our personnel to be safely released
continue," the company said in a statement.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the spokesman for Turkey's
ruling AK Party said the government was closely following the
matter and called for the sailors to be returned safely. He
declined to give further details.
Kidnappings and piracy for ransom in Nigeria and the Gulf of
Guinea are common.
Last week, the International Maritime Bureau described https://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php/1279-seas-off-west-africa-world-s-worst-for-pirate-attacks-imb-reports
the Gulf of Guinea as the most dangerous area in the world for
piracy. It said 73% of all sea kidnappings and 92% of
hostage-takings took place in the Gulf of Guinea.

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