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/ 3 June 2008

Somali hijackers demand $1,1m for Dutch ship

Gunmen holding a Dutch ship in northern Somalia demanded a ,1-million ransom for the vessel on Tuesday, a day after the United Nations Security Council gave countries the right to combat piracy off the Somali coastline. The MV Amiya Scan, managed by the Dutch Reider Shipping BV, was hijacked by Somali pirates on May 27.

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/ 27 May 2008

Somali pirates seize Dutch-owned ship

Somali gunmen hijacked a Dutch-owned ship as it travelled from Kenya’s Mombasa port to Romania in the latest act of piracy off the lawless Horn of Africa nation’s coast, a maritime official said on Tuesday. The MV Amiya Scan, managed by the Dutch Reider Shipping BV, was seized on Sunday while it passed through the Gulf of Aden.