By RFPosted on 03-11-2019Modified on 03-11-2019 at 22:42
Nine Filipino hostages, all members of the crew of a boat, were kidnapped and taken away by unknown captors on Saturday, November 2 at the port of Cotonou. The ship was attacked in the wharf area of Cotonou harbor by armed pirates 16 kilometers from the port's entrance passes.
According to our information, the freighter Bonita , flying the Norwegian flag, was attacked on Saturday around 3.30am. He came to land at the port of Cotonou of gypsum, a plaster stone. He was in the water and waiting to be programmed for the platform, when behind him a small boat arrived at a brisk pace.
A few minutes later, armed pirates climb up a ladder and make themselves masters of the ship. Out of 19 crew members, they took 9 hostages, including the commander, all of Filipino nationality. They take them with them on board their very fast speedboat.
According to a source close to the investigation, the kidnappers spoke English. When the alert is given, it is already too late, the patrol boat of the Beninese naval forces sent to the scene finds only the scale that served the kidnappers to operate. The ship is now docked and regulars in the port say it is regular in Cotonou.
Sunday night, there was no record of the kidnappers and no news of the hostages. The investigation is entrusted to the judicial police. Naval forces multiply crisis meetings, this Monday Patrice Talon should preside over one, sources said.
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