Overseas Network, January 24. According to a report by the Turkish newspaper "Freedom" on the 24th, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially stated that a Turkish cargo ship was attacked by pirates in the waters off Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea, 15 Turkish crew members were kidnapped, and 1 Azerbaijani nationality. The engineer was killed.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it is in contact with the ship’s company and will take necessary actions to rescue the crew and arrange repatriation as soon as possible.
It is reported that the cargo ship hoisted the Libyan flag and was sailing from the port of Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Town, South Africa on the 23rd. Pirate activities occurred frequently in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea.
(Overseas Net Wang Xiaoyu)