30 April 2008

Heavily Armed Pirates Attack Thai, S Korea Ships -Watchdog

Heavily Armed Pirates Attack Thai, S Korea Ships -Watchdog

Heavily armed pirates attacked a Thai oil tanker carrying jet fuel in Malaysian waters and a South Korean vessel in the pirate infested Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday. Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre, told AFP that in the April 25 incident, eight armed pirates on a powerful speedboat boarded the Thai tanker.

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