Italian special forces boarded a cargo ship sailing from Turkey to France on Friday after the crew were threatened by pirates off the Italian coast, the defence ministry said. An operation is underway on a vessel boarded by pirates. The stowaways were using what seem to be weapons like daggers ..
ROME, June 10 (Reuters) - A Turkish cargo vessel that
Italian special forces boarded after the crew detected a group
of unidentified people on board is now sitting off the southern
city of Naples, website MarineTraffic showed. | 04:21am
ROME, Italy- Italian special forces boarded a cargo ship sailing from Turkey to France on Friday, after the crew were threatened by "pirates" off the Italian coast, the defence ministry said.
ROME: The crew of a cargo ship boarded by Italian special forces may not have been threatened by knife-wielding “pirates” as initially reported, Italian media said on Saturday. On Friday, Italy’s defense minister said marines had dropped onto a vessel off the nation’s coast after reports that that “stowaways” used knives to threaten the crew. The ship, Galata Seaways sailing
Italian special forces boarded a cargo ship sailing from Turkey to France on Friday, after the crew were threatened by pirates off the Italian coast, the defence ministry said. Marines dropped onto the vessel from helicopters after a number of stowaways used knives to threaten the crew, Defence ..