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%am %b 30 2015
Fishing Vessel
Around 27nm South of Takoradi
Hijacked
30.01.2015: 0500 LT: Posn: 04:26N - 001:43W, Around 27nm South of Takoradi, Ghana.
Armed pirates boarded and hijacked a fishing vessel underway. The Togo Navy responded and engaged the pirates. Twenty crew jumped overboard in an attempt to escape, and were rescued by the patrol boat. The remaining seven crew were taken hostage as the pirates fled headed out to sea. The pirates later left the vessel and the crew sailed towards a safe port. One crew has been reported killed in the incident and three crew were missing.
Armed pirates boarded and hijacked a fishing vessel underway. The Togo Navy responded and engaged the pirates. Twenty crew jumped overboard in an attempt to escape, and were rescued by the patrol boat. The remaining seven crew were taken hostage as the pirates fled headed out to sea. The pirates later left the vessel and the crew sailed towards a safe port. One crew has been reported killed in the incident and three crew were missing.
30-01-2015