Ghana kidnap response

on April 3, 2018

Kidnap of crew prompts move.

South Korea deploys anti-piracy warship after hijack of fishing boat off Ghana

South Korea has deployed a naval vessel from its regional anti-piracy effort to help in the search after a fishing boat was hijacked by pirates off Ghana, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.

The ministry said the fishing boat had about 40 crew – mostly from Ghana but including three South Koreans. It said the pirates used a speedboat to take away the South Koreans.

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Source: defenceweb.co.za

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