2 Filipinos died in rescue operation over a hijacked cargo ship

[Utan_Tinunoan]

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Two Filipino crew members of a hijacked Iranian-owned cargo ship were killed in an Iranian rescue operation, the Philippines said yesterday.

Twenty-one other crew members of the MV Eglantine, including eight Filipinos, were rescued unharmed in the operation by the Iranian navy on April 2, foreign affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said. Twelve pirates were captured, he said.

The surviving Filipinos were to return to Manila later, he added. Hernandez said one Filipino died from a gunshot wound to the head while the other suffocated in the engine room where he hid during the rescue. The crew said that during the raid, the pirates tied their hands behind their backs and used them as shields, he said. The MV Eglantine, owned by Tehran-based KISH Shipping, was hijacked on March 26 off the south-western coast of India.

Forty-seven other Filipino crew are being held by pirates on several seized ships off the coast of Somalia. The Philippines, which supplies a third of the world’s sea crew, does not negotiate or pay ransoms to kidnappers.

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mao kini usa sa mga dakong risgo sa pagpanarbaho sa barko. sa mga pipila ka katuigan, naghatag gyud kining mga somali pirates ug dakong tunok sa mga seaman. dakong kasub.anan nga duha sa mga pinoy ang nakalas. hinaot nga maundang na gyud ning tinuntu sa mga somali.

[KizoneC]

tsk tsk too bad..dagko kwarta pero kuyaw man pud og si lupe d monkey na ilang matag-boan.

[crossramz]

Still no solutions on eradicating those damn pirates..

Hilig sad cguro ni sila ug OnePiece ay..

[Utan_Tinunoan]

mao gyud ni ang dakong problema sa mga barko nga moagi anang lugara. gitawag na nila ug High risk nga area. naay nagpatrolya diha apan lapad man kaayo ang kadagatan mao nga naa gyuy mga dautang ilemento nga makalusot ug molampos sa ilang tinguha.

[reptoid]

Hopefully this rampant piracy will be less of a problem in the future now that naval forces have decided to start attacking the pirate bases on the mainland. This is one of the few issues that the US and Russia actually agree on.

[ironmack08]

i saw a documentary from National Geographic or History channel....basta naa ra anang duha...this year lang to....it was a documentary about a journalist who came to Somalia to interview pirates.....so what he did was....he went to the capital of somalia....hired bodyguards.....went to the Presidents office to ask permission from the president to travel to the neighboring town where the Somalian Pirates are having their base.....to cut the long story short....he did manage to get a permission.....and was able to meet with pirates and Navy generals of somalia.....what's really shocking was the revelation from a Navy general.....he told the Journalist that the government was benefiting from the money that the Pirates recieve as a ransom.....

i feel sorry for these two.....maka relate sad ta gamay kay akong papa is a seaman sad....

[wlcsp]

kinahanglan nga ma resolved jud unta ni nga kabuang sa mga pirata,,,need help marine77

[AntitaniC]

Hopefully this rampant piracy will be less of a problem in the future now that naval forces have decided to start attacking the pirate bases on the mainland. This is one of the few issues that the US and Russia actually agree on.

You have to eradicate Somalia because the whole country is the base.

Somalia itself is at war with their own people.