2 Filipino sailors kidnapped in Togo
Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:21:31 +0000
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Manila Times is reposting the article below to correct its report that the two Filipino sailors were released. The Filipinos remain prisoners of the alleged pirates.)
JUST days after nine Filipino sailors were kidnapped in the West African country of Benin, two more, along with two other foreigners, were kidnapped by pirates in Togo, authorities said on Tuesday, November 5.
The unidentified Filipinos, along with a Greek and a Georgian, were brought by their abductors on board a Greek oil tanker, the Elka Aristotle, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from the deep sea shipping port of Lome, a report from Togo and Greece said.
The report said that a security guard was also shot in the incident, which happened about 3 a.m., Togo time, the report said.
The Greek foreign ministry, in a statement, also said it was “closely monitoring the issue.” RAFFY AYENG