Pirates seize 24 Filipino crew on board cargo ship
By Michaela P. del Callar 12/14/2010Another batch of 24 Filipino crewmen of a Liberian-owned bulk cargo vessel were seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean over the weekend, the European Union Naval Force said yesterday.
They were taken hostage on the same day when 19 Filipino seamen of a Greek vessel, who were held captives for seven months off Somali waters, were freed.
“In the early hours of Dec. 11, the MV Renuar was pirated in the Indian Ocean, approximately 1,050 nautical miles east of the Somali coastal village of Eyl and a distance of 550 nautical miles from the coast of India,” the EUNAVFOR said on its Web site.
From 82, the number of Filipino hostages in Somalia has gone up to 106.
The attack was launched from two attack skiffs, supported by a mother ship, with pirates firing small arms and rocket propelled grenades at the merchant vessel..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101214nat1.html
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