Pirates Plunder Russian Tanker

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file photo of a Russian tanker

by John C.K. Daly
UPI International Correspondent
Conakry, Guinea (UPI) May 24, 2006
On May 21 six heavily armed pirates from two high-speed cutters boarded and robbed a Russian Primorye Sea Shipping Company tanker in the Atlantic Ocean, 34 miles off the coast of Guinea's Conakry port in West Africa.

After the pirates boarded the Shkotovo the ship's captain, Alekhsei Kharitonov, sent an SOS but still handed over all the cash from fuel sales to protect his 20 crewmen.

The Shkotovo was supplying African fishermen in the area with fuel at the time of the incident. Following the attack, the Shkotovo is continuing to make fuel deliveries to the fishermen.

Source: United Press International

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