Sailors kidnapped off Nigeria return to Turkey, describe death threats and forest captivity

[Disir]

Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday and the ship's captain described how they faced death threats and were held in a forest during their three-week ordeal.

The sailors hugged relatives as they arrived before dawn at Istanbul Airport, where they were greeted by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and other officials, two days after news of their release in Nigeria emerged.

"We were in a forest. There were tough conditions. There were constantly armed men at our side," Mustafa Kaya, captain of the ship "Mozart" from which the crew were abducted, was cited as saying by the Demiroren news agency.

Sailors kidnapped off Nigeria return to Turkey, describe death threats and forest captivity

Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday and the ship's captain described how they faced death threats and were held in a forest during their three-week ordeal. The sailors hugged relatives as they arrived before dawn at...

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I can't believe that this is still happening.

 

[fncceo]

I can't believe that this is still happening.

It's been happening for a while ...

 

[Disir]

I can't believe that this is still happening.

It's been happening for a while ...

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Ya. I just think that at some point this is taken care of.

 

[Anomalism]

You've got to have some serious fucking stones to be a pirate in the year 2021.

 

[AMart]

You've got to have some serious fucking stones to be a pirate in the year 2021.

High paying job.

 

[DudleySmith]

It's what happens when there are no Navies to get in the way, and no effective way to go after the vermin thanks to left wing hand wringers, social justice warriors, and scumbag lawyers lining their pockets with civil judgments against any govt. who does something about it. They're protected by local criminal syndicates. They were all over the refugee boats fleeing Viet Nam for decades.