LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters)– British cops stated on Friday that they had actually obtained no records that any person has actually been damaged in an event on an Italian freight ship in the Thames Estuary which they did not believe it was piracy or terrorism relevant.

Police stated they were managing a complicated circumstance aboard the vessel. A spokesperson for Grimaldi Lines, which runs the Grande Tema freight ship, stated 4 stowaways had actually endangered the ship’s personnel.

“We have received no reports that anyone has been harmed and don’t believe they are at risk. We are not currently treating this as either a hostage, piracy or terror related incident,” Essex Police stated.

Police stated they initially went to the occurrence at 0900 GMT on Friday as well as were still attempting to deal with the circumstance. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Alison Williams)

We are presently managing an event aboard a vessel that remains in the #ThamesEstuary near to the boundaries of #Essex as well as#Kent pic.twitter.com/5GYBquIfDr

— Essex Police (@EssexPolice UK) December 21, 2018

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