Heavily-armed pirates seize bulk carrier
FOUR suspected Somali pirates carrying AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades yesterday seized a bulk carrier with 21 crew on board, the fourth ship seized in less than a week.
The Panamanian-flagged, Liberian-owned Voc Daisy was taken about 200 miles outside the corridor where international warships guard convoys of merchant vessels, said a spokesman for the European Union Naval Force.
It follows an attack on three Thai fishing vessels on Sunday. Pirates now hold 15 vessels and 326 crew, according to reports.
The Voc Daisy, which had been heading from the United Arab Emirates towards the Suez Canal, raised an alarm before the pirates stormed aboard. It was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.
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