In Nigeria, the pirates took in hostages of Russian sailors and Ukrainian NEWSru.com

publication time: 8 February 2017, 12:40 | last update: 8 Feb 2017 13:11

In Nigeria, the pirates took hostage of Russian and Ukrainian sailors
Reuters

the Russian sailors were among hostages captured by pirates in Nigeria. About it reports the Russian Embassy in the African country on the page in Twitter.

the Sailors were on Board the ship BBC Caribbean. During the attack the pirates had kidnapped seven citizens of Russia and citizen of Ukraine, reports conversation.

“In connection with the seizure of the Embassy of Russia has appealed to the Nigerian authorities asking for assistance in locating the abducted,” it was another the message.

details of the incident at the Embassy failed. According to the website Vesseltracker.com, BBC Caribbean – cargo ship. Attacked by pirates, it suffered on February 5. The incident occurred near an oil terminal in the Gulf of Guinea.

As reported February 7 edition of Maritime Herald, in the time of the attack to the cargo ship sailed boat with pirates who opened fire. In response, the team BBC Caribbean also began to shoot, resulting in an attack allegedly managed to recapture. The incident was reported to the authorities. Then on a scene there arrived the military, however, the pirates had already fled, to find them failed. Under investigation.

it is Reported that the ship BBC Caribbean was built in 2008 in China. Its owner is the German shipping company Briese Schiffahrt, and operator – the German BBC Chartering.

In November of last year in the Gulf of Guinea was captured by the ship Saronic Breeze with 18 Russian sailors on Board. Also in captivity were two citizens of Ukraine. In December of the same year it was reported that all the hostages exempt.

In January 2016, the pirates in Nigeria have seized the ship Leon Dias, owned by the Greek company. On Board the tanker was one Russian. When the military authorities have released the ship, the citizen of the Russian Federation was not there – the pirates took him and the other hostages with him. Later all crew members of oil tanker was delivered of the captivity.

In may 2016, the American organization Oceans Beyond Piracy released a report in which he said that the Gulf of Guinea has become the most dangerous place in the world for navigators because of the increased activity of pirates. The experts found that the sea robbers with the falling prices of oil were less likely to attack oil tankers and switched to kidnapping.