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Archive for Category: "Piracy"
Ransom demanded for yacht couple
Somali pirates who have kidnapped a couple from Kent have issued a ransom demand of $7m (£4.3m) in a call to the BBC. Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 59 and 55, from Tunbridge Wells, were taken hostage by gunmen in the Indian Ocean in the early hours of 23 October.
Océan Indien: les thoniers français sous haute protection
Des militaires français ont mené samedi avec succès une opération au large des Seychelles. Les soldats, à bord de thoniers ont fait fuir des pirates qui tentaient d’attaquer les bateaux.
Somali pirates seize Spanish tuna fishing boat
Somali pirates hijacked a Spanish tuna fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, the regional government of the Basque Country and a pirate spokesman said on Friday.
Cameroun: des pirates attaquent de nouveau
Six des quinze membres du Stema et Elizabeth I ont été blessés vendredi dernier. Encore des navires camerounais attaqués par les pirates aux larges de nos côtes. Ce sont les chalutiers Stema et Elizabeth I qui ont cette fois reçu la visite de ces bandits de mer, dans la nuit de vendredi, 4 septembre 2009 [...]
Crews ‘overpower Somali pirates’
About 40 Egyptian fishermen have escaped from their Somali pirate captors near the northern town of Las Qorey, reports from the region say. A wounded pirate, found on a beach with machete wounds, said the crew attacked him and his colleagues with tools and then seized their weapons. He said that at least two pirates [...]
Pirates free Italian tugboat crew
The crew of an Italian tugboat held for four months by Somali pirates have been freed, Italy’s foreign minister says. Franco Frattini said no ransom money had been paid, and that the release was the result of collaboration between the Italian and Somali authorities. The 75m (250ft) tugboat with its crew of 10 Italians, five [...]
German freighter freed for ransom
Somali pirates have released a German-owned cargo ship held for nearly three months and its crew of 11 Romanians. The pirates said a ransom of $1.8m (£1.1m) was paid. Reports say they fired in the air in jubilation when the money was delivered in a tugboat. The ship – the MV Victoria – was captured [...]
Nigeria rebels claim Lagos attack
Nigeria’s most prominent rebel group says it carried out an “unprecedented attack” on an oil tanker facility close to the main commercial city of Lagos. “The depot and loading tankers moored at the facility are currently on fire,” said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend). Residents of the capital heard a [...]
Turkish ship seized off Somalia
A Turkish cargo ship with 23 crew on board has been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Istanbul-based Horizon Shipping said pirates in speed boats had surrounded the Horizon I vessel in the Gulf of Aden at about 0530 GMT. Three attackers managed to board the tanker, which was heading from Saudi Arabia [...]
Somali pirates free Belgian ship
Somali pirates have released a Belgian dredging ship and its crew two months after they were captured, the Belgian prime minister has said.
Ransom sought for Filipinos taken off Cameroon
Gunmen who kidnapped three Filipinos and a Ukrainian from an oil supply vessel contracted to Royal Dutch Shell off Cameroon three months ago are demanding $500,000 ransom, a local rebel leader told Reuters.
Somali pirates terrorised Nigerian crew
Drug-fuelled pirates holding a Nigerian boat during one of the longest hijackings off Somalia locked the crew up, aimed a machine-gun at them, and fed them little but rice, the captain said.
Somalie: libération d’otages
Les pirates somaliens ont libéré un remorqueur nigérian capturé dix mois auparavant avec 10 hommes à bord, mettant un terme à la plus longue des prises d’otages effectuées au large des côtes somaliennes, a annoncé samedi à Nairobi une ONG de surveillance maritime. AFP.
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