The Somali pirates who hijacked the ship MV Abdullah have threatened to start killing the Bangladeshi sailors held hostage unless they are paid a ransom. In a message sent to his wife, the vessel’s Chief Officer Atiq Ullah Khan said, “Pass on this message to everyone because they are taking away our mobiles. They are taking our mobiles. They are taking our mobiles.”In an audio message sent by Chief Engineer Saiduzzaman to the ship’s owners, he said, “Sir, they are seizing our mobiles. Jannatul Ferdous, the wife of a sailor on the vessel, said, “My husband, rank GS Nuruddin, called yesterday at 1:30pm saying that pirates were attacking them.
