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Ship, four seamen seized by pirates off shores of Equatorial Guinea

The act of seajacking took place some 130 nautical miles off the coast of Equatorial Guinea
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Photo ITAR-TASS

PRETORIA, April 25 (Itar-Tass) - Sea pirates operating off the shores of Equatorial Guinea attacked a container carrying ship and seized four seamen, who are citizens of Russia, Ukraine and the insular Pacific republic of Kiribati, the Hamburg-based operator company Leonhardt and Blumberg said in a report.

The act of seajacking took place some 130 nautical miles off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.

The rest of crewmembers of the ship that was waving the Liberian flag were taken hostage.

Leonhardt and Blumberg did not say anything about victims of the incident.