Armed pirates attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of West Africa and kidnapped 15 sailors and killed one of them, officials said on Sunday, as Turkey seeks to recover the captive crew.

The Liberian flag-flying M / V Mozart was sailing from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Town, South Africa, when it was attacked on Saturday morning 100 nautical miles (185 kilometers) northwest of the island of Sao Tome and Principe.

The Turkish Naval Directorate said that the crew initially confined themselves in a safe area, but the pirates were forced to enter after six hours. During the conflict, one of the crew members on board died. The victim was identified as Azerbaijani engineer Farman Ismailov, the only non-Turkish crew member.

The official Anatolia News Agency said that the pirates left the ship in the Gulf of Guinea with three sailors on board after kidnapping most of its crew. According to reports, the pirates have disabled most of the ship’s systems, leaving only the navigation system for the remaining crew to find their way to the port. The ship is currently heading to the port of Gentil Gabon.

The Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Nigeria, Guinea, Togo, Benin and Cameroon, is the most dangerous sea in the world for piracy, according to the International Maritime Bureau.

Dryad Global, the maritime security adviser, described the attack as “an exceptional accident in terms of its severity and its distance from the shore.” The London-based company added that the number of appearances in waters off West Africa last year rose to 18 from 13 in 2019.

READ  The United States is expected to request Covid-19 tests for all international visitors

Mevlüt Çavuşolu, Turkey’s foreign minister, said that he had spoken to Mozart’s remaining senior officer, Furkan Yarin, and that the morale and physical condition of the sailors aboard were good.

“We are continuing coordinated negotiations for the release of” the kidnapped sailors, he said. “The hackers haven’t given any response yet.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said in a tweet that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke twice to Yarin. She added that Erdogan had issued orders to remove the kidnapped crew.

“The owners and operators of M / V Mozart, which was kidnapped at gunpoint in the Gulf of Guinea, unfortunately confirmed the killing of one of its crew members and the kidnapping of others,” Istanbul-based Boden Maritime said.

Cavusoglu spoke to his Azerbaijani counterpart to offer condolences and said that the body would be taken when Mozart arrived at the port.

In July 2019, 10 Turkish sailors were kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria. They were released less than a month later.

답글 남기기

이메일 주소는 공개되지 않습니다. 필수 필드는 *로 표시됩니다

You May Also Like

미국이 러시아군 철수에 의문을 제기하면서 우크라이나가 사이버 공격을 받았다.

국방부, 은행들이 사이버 공격을 받았다. 러시아 “우크라이나 부근에서 군사력 증강 후 일부군이…

Biden은 푸틴의 전쟁 범죄를 비난하는 것이 정당하다고 말합니다 | 블라디미르 푸틴 뉴스

크렘린궁은 블라디미르 푸틴에 대한 ICC 기소가 러시아 관할권 측면에서 무의미하다고 말했습니다. 조…

호주의 Covid Lab은 수백 명의 사람들이 음성 테스트를 받았다고 실수로 알려줍니다.

호주 시드니의 한 클리닉이 이미 양성 판정을 받았을 때 400명에게 실수로 바이러스에…

캐나다: 트럭이 보행자를 들이받아 2명이 사망하고 9명이 부상 범죄 뉴스

경찰은 운전자가 퀘벡 주 암케 마을에서 고의로 사람들을 때렸다고 밝혔습니다. 용의자를 체포합니다.…