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Detained by naval thugs in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 nautical miles northwest of the islands of São Tomé, Hora de Santo and Príncipe, the crew of the M / V Mozart have been neutralized. Naval bandits who seized the long-barreled guns on the 40 thousand DWT container ship operated by Boden Shipping seized the ship and changed course.
The sea bandits abandoned the ship and took 15 of the 19 Turks hostage. During the fight, a staff member of Azerbaijani nationality was killed. It was learned that the pirates left the 4th captain and two mechanics for the cruise ship that they left in Nigeria and left. The ship heads to the Port-Gentil port of Gabon with 3 people.
It is estimated that the bandits of the sea, who can move so far from land with heavy weapons, use a mothership to wait for them.
ERDOĞAN MEETED BY PHONE 2 TIMES
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had two phone calls with Furkan Yaren, one of the ship’s captains, which was attacked by pirates off Nigeria. Erdogan received the information that the ship was heading towards Gabon with 3 crew members who survived the attack. Erdogan stated that he closely followed the process and instructed all officials on the rescue of the crews of the hijacked ships.
THE SHIP IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE PORT-GENTIL PORT OF GABON AT 09:00
The ship heads to the Port-Gentil port of Gabon with 3 people. He said the ship is expected to arrive in the absence of the piracy port at 09:00.
Liberia’s flag representative, Maritime Domain Awareness Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG), which deals with piracy activities in the region, was briefed by Boden Denizcilik, the ship’s owner, and the company was informed insurance and the media and contacted the press spokesperson.
In addition, the UK-based Crisis Management Center was activated and the reported ship’s insurer activated.
TURKEY LAUNCHES INITIATIVES FOR THE PRESENCE OF CREW’s
Turkey, Nigeria attacked by pirates in front of all embassies in the region to rescue the crew of the hijacked Turkish ship they mobilized through.
According to information obtained from diplomatic sources, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke by phone with Furkan Yaren, the fourth captain of the ship and received information about the incident and the situation on the ship.
Çavuşoğlu also spoke with Osman Levent Karsan, the operator of the company to which the ship belongs, by phone and conveyed his condolences and wishes to recover soon, emphasizing that the necessary actions will be taken to rescue the kidnapped crew as soon as may be possible. possible and return them to their homes safely.
AZERBAIJANI WISHES YOUR HEALTH TO YOUR HEAD
Çavuşoğlu called Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov and expressed his condolences for the dead crew and stated that when the ship docked at the port, work on the transfer of the body to Azerbaijan will begin immediately.
Resources, including Turkey’s first embassies in Abuja, Nigeria and neighboring countries, are mobilized to rescue the kidnapped crew, he said.
15 of the 19 crew members on board were kidnapped and one of the Azerbaijani staff members died during the fight.
EXPLANATION OF BODEN SHIPPING
Boden Denizcilik made a statement about the Turkish container ship. The statement included the following statements:
Today, the owners and operators of the M / V MOZART ship, which was hijacked at gunpoint in the Gulf of Guinea, have confirmed with regret that one of its crews has been killed and the others kidnapped. Company officials expressed their sincerest condolences and support to the families of the crew, and together with all relevant officials, this problem was the shortest, they reported that they were trying to fix it in the fastest and safest way.
It was also stated that it is important to avoid giving further explanation on crew safety and to address this issue with sensitivity to keep the entire team safe. “
EXPLANATION OF THE 4 CAPTAIN OF THE BOAT
In the voice recording shared on Twitter and claiming to belong to Furkan Yaren, the 4th Captain of the ship, “I am sailing blind. They have disconnected all the cables, nothing works, only the radar works. They gave me a route, I took the ship on the route they gave. ” the declaration took place.
