Breaking News- Three British sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates
by Sail-World Cruising on 2 Nov 2010
Latest hijack of yacht in the Indian Ocean - somewhere between the Seychelles and Lamu in Kenya SW
A reliable source in Kenya has reported that his organisation has been informed that pirates have hijacked a yacht in the Indian Ocean somewhere between the Seychelles and Lamu off Kenya with three British citizens aboard, and they are continuing to investigate the report.
Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program, who has long been first with reliable news of Somali piracy activities, told Reuters his group had been informed that the yacht had been boarded by pirates near the Seychelles.
'We as yet don't have the name of the yacht nor do we know the gender of the crew, but we are trying to verify this information which we learnt of this evening (Monday),' he said.
The organization said it was trying to verify conflicting reports that the yacht was taken near Seychelles, or near Lamu, off the Kenyan coast, or near Brava, along the southern Somali coastline, Mwangura said.
Somalia has lacked an effective central government for almost 20 years and is awash with weapons. The mayhem on land has allowed piracy to boom in the strategic sea lanes off its shores linking Europe with Africa and Asia.
Original reporting for this article was by Abdinasir Mohamed Guled and Abdi Sheikh, edited by Mark Heinrich)
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