Pirates kill Syrian captain in Somalia

Published: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:16:51 GMT

Somali pirates killed Syrian captain after attack on Panama- flagged ship going to Mogadishu on Thursday, officials from Somali government said.

Abdiasis Hassan, Minister for ports told Reuters News Agency that the Captain died after he rejected to turn the vessel away from the port, where AU forces are patrolling.

The Minister added that "usually, we send police when commercial ships draw near the port but the pirates were already on board", and he said that the pirates opened fire wounding one policeman.

Officials announced that Somali police and African Union forces saved the ship.

Officials from a port told Africa news that the body of Barwaqo ship captain is at the port, adding that other three crew were injured.

The spokesman of AU peacekeepers in Somalia Barigye Ba-Hoku told Reuters that AMISOM soldiers opened fire on two boats that were trying to hijack the ship" and he said that they got a massages requesting for help and then they saved the ship.

According to the international Maritime Bureau, Somali pirates doubled their attacks against ships and vessels using out of Somali Sea.

Somalia has not had an effective government since warlords overthrew Dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.


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