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| Five arrested after Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants |
| 2019-03-30 |
[DAWN] Five men were nabbedBook 'im, Mahmoud! on Thursday after Maltese armed forces took control of a tanker that was hijacked by The Palau-flagged tanker Elhiblu I had picked up 108 ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... But six nautical miles from port the ship suddenly changed course and headed north toward Europe. Italia’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the vessel had been hijacked and vowed that the The 52-metre (170-foot) tanker was about 30 nautical miles from Malta when the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) established communications with the captain. "The captain repeatedly stated that he was not in control of the vessel and that he and his crew were being forced and threatened by a number of "AFM Patrol Vessel P21 stopped the tanker from entering Maltese territorial waters. "An AFM Special Operations Unit team was dispatched to board and secure the vessel in order to hand over control of the ship to the captain." Escorted by the Maltese navy, the tanker arrived in the port of Valletta around 8:30am. Five men suspected of having been the leaders of the hijacking were arrested, handcuffed and taken away in a police van. should have been hung from a yardarm.. |
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