Abduction Like Bad Movie

A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria has described the attack on his ship and his five-day ordea as though he had been in a bad movie.

Traumatised French sailor says abduction was like bad movie

A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria this week described on Thursday the attack on his ship and traumatising five-day ordeal, saying he felt as though he had been in a bad movie.

Benjamin Elman, 38, told AFP in an interview that the pirates who attacked the French-flagged MT Adour tanker a week ago wanted to steal its fuel cargo, but seemed confused at how to proceed when they realised there was none.

He eventually……[access full article]