14 Pinoy sailors abducted by Somali pirates
By Michaela P. del Callar 10/26/2010Another batch of 14 Filipino seamen was among the 17 sailors on board a Singapore oil tanker that was seized by ransom-seeking Somali pirates Saturday, a European Union Naval Force report said.
The MV YORK had recently left Mombasa, Kenya, en route to the Seychelles when it was attacked last Oct. 23 by two skiffs, approximately 50 nautical miles east off the Kenyan port.
The vessel has a crew of 17, of which one is a German captain, two are Ukrainians and 14 Filipinos.
Turkish warship Gaziantep, operating under the Combined Maritime Forces of Task Force 151, launched its helicopter to investigate.
The helicopter was able to observe pirates with weapons on board the vessel, the EU report said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101026hed6.html
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