'Yan fashin teku sun kai hari kan jirgin ruwan mai dauke da sinadarai mai suna Curacao Trader kimanin mil 210 (kusan kilomita 338) daga gabar Benin, a yankin Tekun Guinea na Yammacin Afirka, a yau, in ji ma'aikacin Girka din, a cewar Jaridar Maritime Bulletin.
Wadanda suka aikata laifin dauke da muggan makamai sun shiga jirgin sun yi awon gaba da “ma’aikatan Ukrania da na Rasha 13 cikin 19.” An bar jirgin yana ta tafiya tun bayan harin, saboda karancin ma’aikata, amma an tura wani jirgin don taimaka mata.
Yankin Golf na Guinea, wanda ke kewaye da kasashe takwas masu fitar da mai, ya zama babbar matattarar 'yan fashin teku a' yan shekarun nan. A shekarar 2019, ya dauki kashi 90 na sace-sacen mutane a cikin teku, a cewar Ofishin Kula da Jiragen Sama na Kasa.
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ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- In 2019, it accounted for 90 percent of all kidnappings at sea, according to the International Maritime Bureau.
- Pirates attacked the chemical tanker Curacao Trader about 210 miles (around 338km) off the coast of Benin, in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, today, the vessel's Greek operator said, according to the Maritime Bulletin.
- The Gulf of Guinea, which is surrounded by eight oil-exporting countries, has become a major pirate hotspot in recent years.
