Somali pirates hold Pinoy sailor among 29 crewmen as hostage By Michaela P. del Callar 03/30/2011

Somali pirates hold Pinoy sailor among 29 crewmen as hostage

By Michaela P. del Callar 03/30/2011

A Filipino sailor was among the 29 crewmen of a Kuwait-owned oil tanker who were taken hostage by ransom-seeking Somali pirates last Monday, a European Union Naval Force report said.

This latest incident brings to 138 the total number of Filipino sailors being held in Somalia.

MV ZIRKU, which was on its way to Singapore from Bashayer, Sudan, was pirated approximately 250 nautical miles southeast of Salalah in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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