Aljazeera.net, 15 Oct 2009
Somali pirates have captured a Singaporean container ship in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles.
The MV Kota Wajar was seized 300 nautical miles north of the Seychelles on Thursday morning, Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenyan chapter of East African Seafarers Assistance Programme, said.
Mwangura said the ship, which was heading to the Kenyan port of Mombasa from Singapore, had 21 crew aboard.
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