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Somali pirates seize Mozambican fishing boat
Somali pirates have hijacked a Mozambican-flagged fishing vessel about 200 nautical miles (370 km) southwest of Comoros in the Indian Ocean, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce said on Saturday.The capture of the 140-ton Vega 5 and its 14-strong crew of unknown nationalities is the second successful strike by pirates off the northern tip of Madagascar in a week. A NATO counter-piracy website reported this week that the hijacked Taiwanese-owned fishing vessel FV Shiuh Fu No 1, seized on Dec. 25, was operating as a pirate "mothership" in the same area off Madagascar. Posted by: Pappy 2011-01-02 |
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