Pirates seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya on October 24 2010, the Associated Press reported, citing the German army.
A German army spokesman said the Beluga Fortune freight carrier was seized about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) east of the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
Earlier, the European Union naval anti-piracy force EUNAVFOR confirmed that the Singapore-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker MV York had been hijacked by pirates off the east African coast.
The 5,076-ton York, which is operated by a Greek company, was attacked by two skiffs and seized 50 miles (80 km) east of Mombasa on October 23 2010. It has a crew of 17, including a German master, two Ukrainians and 14 Filipinos.
The Turkish warship Gaziantep, operating in the region as part of the Combined Maritime Forces, sent up its helicopter, which observed pirates with weapons on board the vessel, EUNAVFOR said. It added that “in a separate but seemingly linked incident,” the fishing vessel Golden Wave, hijacked earlier on October 9 2010, was seen in the vicinity of the York.
After this latest hijacking, Somali pirates currently hold 19 vessels with 428 hostages, according to EUNAVFOR records.
Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme told Reuters news agency that the pirates had seized the York less than 12 hours after the tanker had discharged her LPG cargo and sailed empty from Mombasa.
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