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A Nigerian police gunboat escorting an oil barge owned by Eni came under fire from a group of pirates lying in wait on the Barbara River near Nembe. All 3 police officers were killed before being stripped of their rifles, uniforms, and gunboat. The pirates then took the 6 man oil crew hostage before fleeing the scene in both boats. Nigeria: unknown
The 2023 Anambra ambush was a violent attack on a United States consular convoy in the town of Atani, [3] in Southeastern Nigeria. Several unidentified assailants opened fire on the convoy as it was traveling along a road, then setting the corpses of the dead and their vehicles on fire.
Nigerian waters remain hotspots for piratical acts, having the highest number of pirate attacks in the world in 2020. [ 85 ] [ 59 ] Furthermore, there has been no prosecution of pirates up until recently, despite the compelling evidence confirming that piracy and armed robbery against ships within the Nigerian maritime domain have remained ...
On April 5, 2021, at around 2 AM, a prison in Owerri, Imo State, was attacked by gunmen alleged to be ESN operatives using explosives to open the administrative buildings, setting 1844 prisoners free while prison officials fled. The Nigerian police blamed the attack on the Eastern Security Network while on the hand, IPOB denied any involvement.
Piracy kidnappings occur during piracy, when people are kidnapped by pirates or taken hostage.Article 1 of the United Nations International Convention against the Taking of Hostages defines a hostage-taker as "any person who seizes or detains and threatens to kill, to injure, or to continue to detain another person (hereinafter referred to as the 'hostage') in order to compel a third party ...
The attack against the destroyers on Monday marks the latest Houthi attack on Navy warships off the coast of Yemen. In late September, US forces fended off a similarly complex missile and drone ...
Other well-represented crimes among illegal immigrants known to be living in the US include sexual assault — with 523 convicted or suspected rapists in ICE custody and 20,061 not — and assault ...
USS James E. Williams. Another hijacking in the same region occurred late on 29 October when gunmen attacked the North Korean freighter Dai Hong Dan.A helicopter from USS James E. Williams, responding to a telephoned report of a hijacking, flew over the freighter on 30 October and radioed a demand for the attackers to surrender.