Pirates 'holding some crew of tanker' off west Africa

Updated April 1 2023 - 7:03am, first published 6:59am
The French navy says a ship attacked by pirates was escorted toward Lome, the capital of Togo. (AP PHOTO)
The French navy says a ship attacked by pirates was escorted toward Lome, the capital of Togo. (AP PHOTO)

Six members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship in west Africa's Gulf of Guinea last week, the Danish shipper that owns the vessel and the French navy say.

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