Pirates Abduct Crew Members of MarMalaita

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Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of a German-owned ship in a raid on the vessel off the coast of Cameroon, reports Euronews.

The ship is owned by a Hamburg-based company.

Emergency Team

MC-Schiffahrt said in a statement on its website that it had assembled an emergency team and was cooperating with local authorities in the West African country to deal with the incident.

MarMalaita

It said the ship, the MarMalaita, had 12 crew members on board at the time of the abduction.

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Source: Euronews