Subscribe to RSS feedSomali pirates threaten to kill Ariana crew
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David Osler - Monday 26 October 2009
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Oct 29, 2009 03:42 PM
SOMALI pirates say they will kill the Ukrainian crew bulk carrier Ariana, held since early May this year, as soon as fuel on the ship runs out, a Russian seafarer union has claimed.
If confirmed, the development represents a further pointer to the increased propensity to threaten, and sometimes actually use, violence on the part of the Somalis involved in pirate activities.
According to Russia’s official RIA Novosti news agency, the union...
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