domingo, 4 de julho de 2010

Pirates kidnap 12 sailors off Nigeria's coast


Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Pirates boarded a German-flagged ship off the coast of Nigeria on Friday night and kidnapped 12 sailors, the country's military said.
The attack took place about four nautical miles off Bonny Island, said Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta.
One sailor was wounded in the attack and left on the boat, he said.
The kidnappers later abandoned the ship and it was retrieved by the Nigerian navy.
Antigha said he did not know the nationalities of the abducted sailors or whether the pirates have demanded a ransom.