Pirates have attacked Liberian-flagged cargo ship MV Mozart in the Gulf of Guinea and kidnapped 15 sailors and one sailor was killed.
The Dryad Global maritime security portal said on Saturday the incident occurred on Wednesday 98 nautical miles of Sao Tome. The citizenship of the killed crew member has not been confirmed. The number of attackers is also unknown. It also said that MV Mozart was transiting from Lagos to Cape Town.
According to reports, the pirates disabled most of the ship’s systems, leaving only the navigation system for the remaining crew to find their way to port. The Maritime Traffic website showed the vessel's location was last recorded at 16:39 GMT on Saturday. The Gulf of Guinea, off the coasts of Nigeria, Guinea, Togo, Benin and Cameroon, is the most dangerous sea in the world for piracy.Earlier, In July 2019, 10 Turkish seamen were kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria.
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