Saturday, April 11, 2009

Report: U.S.-Owned Tugboat With Italians Aboard Hijacked Off Somalia

"DEVELOPING: An American-owned tugboat with Italian citizens among its crew was reportedly hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, NATO alliance officials aboard a warship in the vicinity told Reuters."

"The Italian-flagged vessel with a crew of 16, 10 of them Italians, issued a distress call six minutes before its communications systems fell silent, according to Lt. Sergio Carvalho of the NRB Corte-Real, a Portuguese ship."

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