Nearly 100 Filipino seamen held off the Horn of Africa

Updated Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:46 am TWN, AFP

Nearly 100 Filipino seamen held off the Horn of Africa

MANILA -- The number of Filipino seamen being held by pirates around the Horn of Africa has risen to nearly 100 after the hijacking of a Greek merchant vessel, the Philippines government said Monday. The Greek vessel, which was flying the Bahamas flag, was seized 250 nautical miles off Somalia on Sunday, with 19 crew on board — 17 of them Filipinos. “The latest hijacking takes the number of Filipino seamen being held captive around the Horn of Africa to 97,” foreign affairs department spokesman Claro Cristobal told local radio.

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