The kidnapping of six sailors from a Danish tanker by pirates
After the kidnapping attack. He attacked six sailors from a Danish tanker last weekend Gulf of Guinea They have been kidnapped by hackers, it was announced on Friday French Navyafter the ship was found and rescued off Sao Tome and Principe.
The Monjasa Reformer, flying the Liberian flag, was attacked Saturday night by a pirate boat when it was 140 nautical miles off the Congolese port of Pointe-Noire, and contact with the crew was lost shortly thereafter.
In a press release, the Ministry of the Armed Forces said the ship was finally sighted Thursday “in the early afternoon” by a drone from the French patrol boat Premier-Maitre Lehr, deployed by Paris as part of the Cormby anti-piracy mission. launch. The pirate boat, which had been alongside the tanker during the first flyby, disappeared during a second flyby. Of the ten sailors still aboard the Monasa Musleh, three with minor injuries are being treated by a military doctor.
The kidnapped sailors are not Danish
According to media in the Scandinavian country, the nationalities of the kidnapped sailors are unknown, but they are not Danish. “Our thoughts are with the crew members who are still missing and their families at this difficult time,” Mongsa said in a statement, adding that “we are working closely with local authorities” to secure the sailors’ return.
According to Congolese authorities, joined by AFP on Tuesday, the attack was carried out by three men. But according to the Franco-British MDAT-GoG (Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea) mission and the French Navy, it was five pirates who carried out the attack.
The crucial sea route bordering hydrocarbon-rich countries, the Gulf of Guinea, which stretches more than 5,700 km between Senegal and Angola, has been for several years the new black spot for global piracy.
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