The Stellar News: 22 Indian crew and 13,500 tons of gasoline are reportedly missing in Gulf of Guniea.
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It is being predicted that the ship has been hijacked by bandits, as kidnapping and hijacking incidents are very common in this region. Mainly, oil tankers are the target of robbers.
As per reports, the oil tanker was noticed in Benin at 3:30 a.m GMT on Friday, after that the contact was lost and authorities are trying to trace the ship.
Indian Minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj tweeted “we are making all the efforts in coordinating with Nigerian and Benin Naval authorities to trace the missing ship”.
