Original title: pirate attack, the captain was killed and four Chinese crew members were kidnapped!
It happened in Gabon, Africa.
According to Agence France Presse, the Gabonese government said on the 22nd that four ships in the port of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, were attacked by pirates at night, resulting in the killing of a Gabonese captain and the kidnapping of four Chinese crew members.
A Gabonese government spokesman said pirates attacked four ships. The spokesman said that pirate attacks are not common in Libreville port, but they are extremely frequent near the Gulf of Guinea. The spokesman also said that the country has deployed defense and security forces to "ensure the security of the region and trace the perpetrators with the cooperation of Interpol and subregional institutions".
Agence France Presse said that among the four ships attacked by pirates, two were fishing boats of the Sino Canadian company sigapeche, and the four kidnapped Chinese crew members came from the company. The third ship belongs to satram, a shipping company headquartered in the port of Gentil, Gabon, and the fourth ship is a cargo ship flying the flag of Panama.
The report concluded that the Gulf of Guinea has become the center of frequent pirate attacks, robberies and kidnappings. According to the data of the international maritime bureau, from January to September this year, 82% of the world's maritime kidnappings occurred in the Gulf of Guinea.
Source: World Wide Web