Turkey says ship attacked off Nigeria, 10 crew kidnapped
Tuesday 16/July/2019 - 02:37 PM
Turkey’s state-run news agency says an armed gang has
attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria and kidnapped 10 of
vessel’s crew members.
The Anadolu Agency says the ship, the Paksoy-1, was attacked
late Monday. There were 18 crew members on board — all of them Turkish
citizens.
Private NTV television said the pirates approached the ship
on speed boats and took 10 crew members as hostages. They have not been heard
from since, the report said.
NTV said the eight remaining crew members were rescued and
taken to Guinea. It added the Turkish Foreign Ministry was trying to locate and
rescue the 10 missing Turks.
