One killed, several kidnapped as Liberia – flagged ship attack ship off African coast

By GNNLiberia On Jan 25, 2021 97

Armed pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one of them, officials said.

The Liberian-flagged M/V Mozart was sailing from Lagos, Nigeria, to Cape Town in South Africa when it was attacked 100 nautical miles north-west of the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe.

Turkey’s Maritime Directorate said the crew initially locked themselves in a safe area but the pirates forced entry after six hours. During the struggle, one crew member aboard died.

Officials identified the victim as engineer Farman Ismayilov of Azerbaijan, the only non-Turkish crew member.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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