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Somali pirates seize Spanish fishing boat

Source: Inquirer.net
Madrid : Spain | about 1 month ago  
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  • Spain's General Jaime Dominguez Buj points to a map showing the Indian Ocean area where the Spanish tuna fishing boat "Alakrana" was hijacked, in Madrid
    Spain's General Jaime Dominguez Buj points to a map showing the Indian ...
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  • Two soldiers from the EU's anti-piracy naval force in waters off the Horn of Africa
    Two soldiers from the EU's anti-piracy naval force in waters off the ...
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  • Spain's General Buj points to a map where the Spanish tuna fishing boat "Alakrana" was hijacked, in Madrid
    Spain's General Buj points to a map where the Spanish tuna fishing ...
    Source: Reuters
Spain's General Jaime Dominguez Buj points to a map showing the Indian ...
Somali pirates on Friday captured a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of the lawless Horn of Africa country, a maritime official told Agence France-Presse. "It was hijacked this morning. We do not know the exact location yet," said Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based Seafarers Assistance Program,...
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  • News Source: Press TV | about 1 month ago
    During early hours of Friday, the 35-meter Spanish tuna fishing vessel, Alakrana, was hijacked some 360 nautical miles off the east coast of Somalia, European Union's Operation Atalanta said in a statement on Friday. A Press TV correspondent quoted...
  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month ago
    Spanish fishing boat in the Indian Ocean as calmer waters at the end of the monsoon season made ocean-going vessels more accessible targets.  The 100-metre Alakrana, and its crew of 36, was seized in the early hours of today on the high seas...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    The 100-metre Alakrana, and its crew of 36, was seized in the early hours of Friday in the high seas between Somalia and the Seychelles, maritime officials said. "It was hijacked this morning. We do not know the exact location yet," said Andrew...
  • News Source: Inquirer.net | about 1 month ago
    Somali pirates on Friday captured a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of the lawless Horn of Africa country, a maritime official told Agence France-Presse. "It was hijacked this morning. We do not know the exact location yet," said Andrew Mwangura...
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