New Delhi: Four Indian and Polish crew members
were kidnapped last week say security forces when speedboat riding
pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast.
In what can be regarded as waters that are becoming increasingly
dangerous, the gunmen launched their assault on the Singapore-flagged
tugboat MDPL Continental One around 30 nautical miles from land on June
13.
The vessel was ransacked after which four crew were taken hostage .
The boat's management company CS Offshore declined to go into
further details "in order not to endanger those involved". Pirate
attacks off West Africa's mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea have almost
doubled from last year and threaten to jeopardise the shipping of
commodities from the region. They have already jacked up insurance
costs.
The attacks are mostly carried out by armed Nigerian gangs also blamed for kidnappings and oil theft on land.
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