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Seventeen Chinese, Ukrainian seamen kidnapped off Cameroon


Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted in attacks on two merchant ships off Cameroon, in the latest act of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, sources said Friday.
The attacks took place on Thursday in Cameroonian waters off the port of Douala, located at the apex of a gulf that has become a hotspot of seaborne crime.
A Douala official told AFP on Friday that a total of 17 people had been abducted, including “nine Chinese civilian sailors” from one of the ships.
A Cameroonian security official, likewise speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the account.
The Cameroonian navy and the country’s …read more

Source: Gulf times

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