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Article: South Korean ship hijacked by Somali pirates
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 30, 2007
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South Korean ship hijacked by Somali pirates
NAIROBI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Pirates have seized a South
Koreanship off the coast of Somalia, the latest in a series of such
attacks in the Horn of Africa nation, Kenya's maritime official said
on Tuesday.
Andrew Mwangura, the program coordinator of the East Africa
Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP) said the boat, which has 22 crew
members, was hijacked on Monday night or early on Tuesday.
"The vessel was either hijacked on Monday night or today morning.
We don't know whether the pirates hijacked the vessel after
discharging cargo or not," Mwangura told Xinhua by telephone.
"We don't have more details on the nationalities of those aboard
the ...