October 25, 2010 7:51 PM

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Hijacked German ship heading towards Somali coast

The German freight ship hijacked on Sunday off the coast of Kenya is now heading towards the Somali coast. The European Union anti-piracy force said, the pirates took control of the German freight ship Beluga Fortune about 750 nautical miles outside east of Mogadishu. The vessel has 12 crew, including a Russian, three Ukrainians and eight Filipinos.The ship was on its way from the United Arab Emirates to South Africa. The Beluga Fortunate is the second commercial vessel to be captured in the East Africa's coastline in the last three days. On Saturday night, pirates seized a Singapore-flagged liquefied gas tanker 105 miles off the coast of Kenya in the Somali Basin. The MV York was traveling from Mombasa, Kenya to Mahe in the Seychelles with 17 crew on board when pirates seized it, including one German, two Ukrainians and 14 Filipinos.

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