Turkish cargo ship with 19 crew members hijacked by pirates off Nigeria
With nearly 20 crew members on board, Turkish cargo ship Mozart [belonging to Istanbul-based Boden company] was hijacked on Saturday by the pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, according to the information released by the official sources.
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:14 | 24 January 2021
- Modified Date: 12:25 | 24 January 2021
A Turkish cargo ship with 19 crew members was hijacked by pirates Saturday in the Gulf of Guinea, according to a statement.
Fifteen crew members moving from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Town, South Africa were kidnapped, one was killed, while three remained with the pirates, David Johnson, the head of the UK-based EOS Risk Group said in the statement.
The ship, Mozart, of Istanbul-based Boden company, was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea, 160 kilometers (100 miles) off Sao Tome, he added.
A tape recording shared on Twitter and believed to be belonging to the captain of the ship says: "I don't know where I'm going. The pirates dismantled all cables, nothing is working. Only the navigator works. They gave me a route, I'm moving accordingly."