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Weekly Piracy Report 3-9 October 2006 |
2006-10-10 |
![]() October 07.10.2006 at 0300 LT at Conakry anchorage, Guinea. Robbers boarded a general cargo ship and threw drums on deck overboard. Alert crew raised alarm and crew mustered. Robbers jumped overboard and escaped. No response from port control. Due to robbers boat is hovering around the ship, master picked up anchor and moved to open sea. October 02 2006 at Cawthorne channel, Rivers State of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Gunmen in speed boats attacked barges carrying fuel. Three soldiers protecting the convoy were killed. They kidnapped 25 Nigerian workers and hijacked the barges. They discharged the barges at Billie and the 25 workers are being held in that village. |
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