Pirates attack Iranian ship in the Caspian - reports
AKTAU - An Iran-owned freight vessel has been attacked by pirates
in the Caspian Sea, reports say.
As the Saman ship sailed from the Enzeli port toward Aktau, Kazakhstan, the outlaws reportedly ordered the crew to stop the vessel in a bid to enter its deck. An alarm signal was sent to the power-wielding agencies of Astrakhan, Russia and rescue ships.
The border patrol of the Russian republic of Daghestan carried out a rescue operation, the border patrol said. A military helicopter had been immediately sent to the area and fire was opened upon the pirates.
The number of the dead or wounded among the pirates is not reported at this point. As for the Saman crew, no one was hurt during the rescue operation, the reports said.*
As the Saman ship sailed from the Enzeli port toward Aktau, Kazakhstan, the outlaws reportedly ordered the crew to stop the vessel in a bid to enter its deck. An alarm signal was sent to the power-wielding agencies of Astrakhan, Russia and rescue ships.
The border patrol of the Russian republic of Daghestan carried out a rescue operation, the border patrol said. A military helicopter had been immediately sent to the area and fire was opened upon the pirates.
The number of the dead or wounded among the pirates is not reported at this point. As for the Saman crew, no one was hurt during the rescue operation, the reports said.*
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