Pirates Set Sail For Somalia With Hijacked Italian Tanker -- Deutsche Welle
A group of five pirates seized an Italian oil tanker in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday and charted a new course towards Somalia - some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) away. The mostly Indian crew included five Italians.
Pirates wielding rocket-launchers and submachine guns seized an Italian oil tanker Tuesday in the Indian Ocean, according to Italian and European Union officials, who added that the ship had taken a new course.
"It is heading west, in the direction of Somalia," said Commander Paddy O'Kennedy, spokesman for the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR).
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