Ankara: Pirates have attacked a cargo vessel off the coast of West Africa, killing a sailor and abducting 15 others. The officials gave this information on Sunday. The Turkish Marine Directorate reported that the crew members of the vessel named M / V Mozart had initially locked themselves in a safe place but the robbers arrived there after about six hours, during which a member of the crew was involved in the conflict Died
Turkish media has identified the deceased crew member as Farman Ismayilov, a resident of Azerbaijan and an engineer by profession, who was the only non-Turkish member on the ship. According to Turkish governmental dialogue agency Anadolu, the vessel along with three sailors has been left in the Gulf of Guinea after the hijacking of most of the crew aboard the ship on Saturday. According to the agency, the vessel is currently heading towards Gentile, the port of Gabon. The Turkish President’s Office tweeted, “Turkish President Rajab Tayyab Erdoआनan has spoken twice to the senior officer on board the ship.” The office also said that the President also ordered the safe withdrawal of the hijacked crew members. Is released.
It is noteworthy that the vessel named Mozart, flagged from Liberia, was going from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Town in South Africa and was abducted on Saturday morning 185 kilometers northwest from the island country Sao Tome and Principe. According to reports, the pirates have disabled most of the ship’s system leaving only the navigation system so that crew members can reach the port.
