Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship
A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates.
Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill “within days” of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died.
Andrew Mwangura, the director of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told the Sunday Times: “We don’t know exactly how many, but the information that I am getting is that some of them had died. There is something very wrong about that ship.”
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It's hardly a secret that the Somalian coast is one of the world's most dangerous places and most active piracy areas. But I don't think anybody would have counted with this.
I don't know enough about the South African "Times", but I hardly believe this is a hoax. The big question is - what was in that ship and why was it headed for Iran? And whatever it was, how likely is it that it is being used for civilian purposes? And where did it come from? And who got the money?
A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates.
Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill “within days” of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died.
Andrew Mwangura, the director of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told the Sunday Times: “We don’t know exactly how many, but the information that I am getting is that some of them had died. There is something very wrong about that ship.”
(More in the link)
It's hardly a secret that the Somalian coast is one of the world's most dangerous places and most active piracy areas. But I don't think anybody would have counted with this.
I don't know enough about the South African "Times", but I hardly believe this is a hoax. The big question is - what was in that ship and why was it headed for Iran? And whatever it was, how likely is it that it is being used for civilian purposes? And where did it come from? And who got the money?
