Eight Poles kidnapped as pirates board ship

[TomSea]

Eight Poles kidnapped as pirates board ship
29.10.2018 15:20
Eight Poles have been kidnapped by pirates who boarded a ship off the coast of Nigeria, according to a report.

Poland’s top diplomat, Jacek Czaputowicz, said on Monday the foreign ministry in Warsaw had obtained confirmation that eight Poles had been abducted.

Radio broadcaster RMF FM reported that the pirates struck on Saturday around 4am.

Some 60 nautical miles off the coast, two motorboats approached the Pomerania Sky ship as it was sailing from Angola to the Nigerian port of Onne, according to RMF FM.

Read more at: http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/389580,Eight-Poles-kidnapped-as-pirates-board-ship

Real criminals usually do this and... I think usually, the kidnappers are paid a ransom and then released. It sure sounds bad.

Pirates Abduct Eleven from Container Ship
By MarEx 2018-10-29 19:35:41

Pirates have seized 11 crewmembers from the container ship Pomerenia Sky off the coast of Nigeria.

The Liberia-flagged vessel was headed for the Nigerian port of Onne on Saturday morning when the attack occurred, reports ship manager Midocean (IOM). Those abducted include eight from Poland, two Filipinos and a Ukrainian. Nine crew members remain on board the vessel and are reportedly unharmed, and the vessel has sailed to safety.

The region has seen a spate of attacks. On October 17, a product tanker at anchorage off Lagos was approached by armed pirates. They halted their attempt at boarding when detected. Two pirates boarded another tanker on October 14 but jumped overboard and escaped when the alarm was raised by the crew.

Read more at: https://maritime-executive.com/article/pirates-abduct-eleven-from-container-ship

[Frank Cannon]

Did the Poles even realize it was a Pirate abduction or did they think it was a reenactment of a scene from a Johnnie Depp movie?