MTElka Aristotle Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Peter Beentjes

LOME, Nov 4 (Reuters)– Pirates assaulted a Greek oil vessel off the coastline of Togo on Monday as well as got away after taking 4 staff participants as captives, the West African country’s navy as well as Greek authorities claimed, 2 days after a comparable strike in the waters of surroundingBenin

Of the missing out on staff participants, 2 are Filipinos, one is Greek as well as one is Georgian, the navy claimed in a declaration. One guard was additionally fired as well as injured in the strike, it claimed.

“Monday, 4th of November 2019, around 0300, the tanker boat Elka Aristotle was attacked around 18 kilometers (11 miles) from the port of Lome by armed individuals,” the declaration claimed.

The vessel’s supervisor, European Product Carriers Ltd, verified the morning strike, without offering more information. Greece’s delivery ministry claimed it was “closely monitoring the issue.”

While piracy has actually lowered worldwide, West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea is a risky location for kidnappings as well as heist, according to the International Maritime Bureau.

Armed guards existed on the Greek watercraft as well as attempted to eliminate off the opponents, yet one was injured, the Togo navy claimed. An examination has actually been opened up.

The strike complies with the kidnapping by pirates of 9 Filipino staff participants from a Norwegian- flagged watercraft off the coastline of Benin onSaturday (Reporting by John Zodzi as well as Noel Tadegnon, composing by Anna Pujol-Mazzini as well as Renee Maltezou, modifying by Gareth Jones)

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