Nine crew members on aNorwegian-owned cargo ship were kidnapped Saturday when a group ofpirates stormed the vessel off the coast of Benin in West Africa, the shipping firm said. The MV Bonitawas anchored offshore as it awaited berth at Cotonou Port to unload a shipment of gypsum, a mineral commonly used as fertilizer, when the pirates boarded, J.J. Ugland said in a statementSunday. The remaining crew members alerted authorities and docked at Cotonou later that day, the company said. Further details, including the nationalities of...
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