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Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by LordVarys: 1:58pm On Nov 28, 2015
WARSAW (Reuters) - Pirates attacked a Polish-owned cargo vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped its captain and four crew, Polish authorities said, in the first documented incident of its kind in almost year in some of the deadliest shipping lanes on earth.

The Cyprus-registered Szafir was boarded overnight by armed men in two boats, who looted the 10,000-tonne container ship, operator EuroAfrica said.

The as yet unidentified kidnappers had made no demands so far and Poland was liaising with Nigerian authorities, its Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told a news conference in Warsaw on Friday.

The kidnapped sailors also included other officers, which made the ship impossible to navigate. "The rest of the crew, 11 people, are still on the ship and they are safe... The ship suffered some damage," Waszczykowski said.

The ship was anchored around 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Nigerian coast, and the operator was arranging for a new crew to take it back to port.

Nigerian authorities were not immediately available for comment.

Security experts class the waters off Nigeria as some of the deadliest on earth, with pirates based in the country often targeting oil tankers as well as hostages to ransom.

But the region has seen no documented attacks since February when a crude carrier was boarded, with the ship's Greek deputy captain killed and three crew members taken hostage.

Polish Maritime Minister Marek Grobarczyk said the safety procedures of all Polish companies operating in the area would be reviewed to ensure sailors' safety.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TG13O20151127
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by damton(m): 2:30pm On Nov 28, 2015
In short Nigeria in itself is a security threat.

May God help us heal this land.

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by NinaTohBadt(f): 2:31pm On Nov 28, 2015
MAY GOD HELP US ALL.
We are yet to recover from Boko haram terrorizing our lives. Now we are having pirates! How carribeans take enter our sea shore? I know who is behind all these!

Check my signature!

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by collarfreak(m): 2:31pm On Nov 28, 2015
End time attack
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by looseweight: 2:31pm On Nov 28, 2015
Okkk
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by tunde1200(m): 2:32pm On Nov 28, 2015
THEM DON START.

LAZY THIEVES

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by scholes0(m): 2:32pm On Nov 28, 2015
Won ti bere!

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Nobody: 2:32pm On Nov 28, 2015
From land to sea. The next would be in the air
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by OYINBOGOJU(m): 2:32pm On Nov 28, 2015
End time is near and i say its nearer.

To those who think they can fraustrate this Government your end is nearer than imagine.

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Ponomote(m): 2:33pm On Nov 28, 2015
Problem everywhere. Bubu come back home.

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Frank3n2(m): 2:33pm On Nov 28, 2015
Ok
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Lifebender(m): 2:33pm On Nov 28, 2015
Tip them the black dot-Captain Jack Sparrow
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by yomalex(m): 2:33pm On Nov 28, 2015
again?
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by saltbelly: 2:33pm On Nov 28, 2015
That's cruel.
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Pascal181: 2:34pm On Nov 28, 2015
Issorite
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Spaxon(f): 2:34pm On Nov 28, 2015
ENDTIME PIRATES
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Nobody: 2:34pm On Nov 28, 2015
Buhari why na!? plz talk to ur boys

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by OrIandoOwoh(m): 2:34pm On Nov 28, 2015
They are coming back again..Nigeria beware!!
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Goahead(m): 2:34pm On Nov 28, 2015
Hmmm...

The return of the Boko slayers... Bubu watch your back.

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Daslim180(m): 2:35pm On Nov 28, 2015
Na wa ooo
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by saltbelly: 2:35pm On Nov 28, 2015
Pascal181:
Issorite
really?
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by Pascal181: 2:35pm On Nov 28, 2015
Issorite,d problem is now hydra headed. Boko haram,militancy and Biafran agitation. I wish buhary Goodluck.

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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by zazz22343: 2:35pm On Nov 28, 2015
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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by zazz22343: 2:36pm On Nov 28, 2015
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Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by ihesiuloa(m): 2:37pm On Nov 28, 2015
are we gradually turning to Somalia? this is not a nice news!
Re: Pirates Attack Polish Ship In Niger Delta, Kidnap 5 by pat077: 2:38pm On Nov 28, 2015
bokoharam on land, pirates on the sea. where is safe in this country? very soon the witches and wizards will takeover the airways.

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