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Indigenous oil firm, Belemaoil has confirmed the kidnap of five oil workers on its platform in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The gunmen suspected to be sea pirates had accosted their victims working on an oil installation on a high sea before whisking them away in a speedboat to an unknown destination.
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Source: dailypost.ng
The Indians were reportedly abducted on April 19 when the vessel, the Palau-registered Apecus, was anchored off Lagos in Nigeria.
The owners of an oil tanker, whose five Indian crew members were kidnapped in the waters off Nigeria last month, have established contact with the abductors and are negotiating for their release, people familiar with developments said on Tuesday.
The Indians were reportedly abducted on April 19 when the vessel, the Palau-registered Apecus, was anchored off Lagos in Nigeria. There was no official word on the current status or whereabouts of the kidnapped men.
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Source: hindustantimes.com
MANILA, May 2 (Xinhua) — The Philippines and Indonesia kicked off on Thursday their joint patrol in the Sulu-Celebes Seas, a move aimed at strengthening security cooperation to combat piracy, smuggling and maritime attacks in the region.
“The main mission is to secure the common border, to curtail maritime crimes, and stop various sea crimes like smuggling and piracy,” Ezra Balagtey, spokesman for the Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said in a statement.
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Source: xinhuanet.com
The six seafarers who were kidnapped at the Bonny Outer Anchorage last month are still missing. Five were Indian nationals, and their families are calling upon the Indian government to intervene.
At 1330 hours in the afternoon of April 19, Nigerian pirates boarded the product tanker Apecus while she lay at anchor just off the coast of Bonny Island, a well-defended oil and gas complex in the Niger River Delta. In broad daylight, the attackers abducted six seafarers and departed. The remaining crewmembers were unharmed, and they navigated their vessel to the Bonny Inner Anchorage.
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Source: maritime-executive.com
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 12) — A ranking leader of the Abu Sayyaf group and eight other fighters were killed in a series of clashes with government troops in Patikul, Sulu on Thursday, the military said Friday.
A press release from Joint Task Force Sulu identified one of the casualties as Julie Ikit, described as the second-in-command and cousin of senior leader Radullan Sahiron. The elusive Sahiron is among the most wanted terrorists of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, with a $1 million bounty on his head.
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Source: cnnphilippines.com
KOTA KINABALU: Thirteen people have been arrested by police for alleged involvement in militant activities in Semporna.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah said the suspects, comprising 12 Filipinos and one local, were arrested by Sabah Police Special Branch and Vat 69 Commandos during several operations in Semporna between January and March this year.
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Source: theborneopost.com
(Trinidad Guardian) Desperate to escape Venezuelan pirates, two kidnapped fishermen jumped off their abductors’ boat on Monday night and took their chances in the sea. Unfortunately, only one of them managed to make it home safely.
Bruised and traumatised Keyon Alexander, 29, of La Union Road, Erin, arrived home around 3 pm yesterday, less than 24 hours after he was kidnapped. He had spent the night swimming desperately and screaming for help from passing boats.
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Source: stabroeknews.com
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