via CAAI News Media
January 28, 2010
Somali pirates have hijacked a Cambodian cargo ship early Wednesday off Somalia's Berbera port with unknown crew members from six countries, a regional maritime official confirmed on Thursday.
Andrew Mwangura, East Africa's Coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Program, said the MV Layla-S was seized after it unloaded at the port in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland.
"Crew members on board the ill-fated vessel are comprised of Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan, Somali and Syrian nationals," Mwangura told Xinhua from Mombasa.
"It is said that the vessel has link with Syrian and UAE business men. We are informed that she was taken by gunmen after discharging her cargo," he said.
Source: Xinhua
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