[File, Bundeswehr, Reuters]Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual. Three sailors remain on the Mozart, which by Sunday evening was receiving assistance in Gabonese waters off central Africa. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said on Sunday he was orchestrating officials in the “rescue of kidnapped ship personnel”. The pirates beat crew members, and left him with an injured leg while another still aboard the ship had shrapnel wounds, he said. Seyit Kaya, brother of the ship’s kidnapped 42-year-old captain Mustafa Kaya, a father of two, said in an interview he awaited details from the ship’s owner on any possible ransom.

Source: Standard Digital January 25, 2021 06:00 UTC