VILNIUS (AFP) – Gunmen have kidnapped two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian sailors off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region described as a piracy hotspot, Lithuanias government said Tuesday.We have received information that it was an armed abduction, government official Rimantas Vaitkus told AFP in the Baltic states capital, Vilnius.He said 19 sailors were on board the ship, comprising three Ukrainians and 16 Lithuanians, but refused to disclose the name of the vessel.We have not received any contact from the abductors so far, he added.The government said the ship, flagged in the Comoro Islands, was attacked on Monday …read more
Source: Dunya TV
