Philippines: Vietnamese ship attacked; 1 dead, 6 誘拐するd

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Gunmen attacked a Vietnamese 貨物 ship off the Philippines' southern tip, 殺人,大当り a Vietnamese 乗組員 and 誘拐するing six others 含むing the 大型船's captain, the Philippine coast guard and the ship's owner said Monday.

Coast guard 広報担当者 Armand Balilo said the Vietnamese coast guard 報告(する)/憶測d that the MV Giang Hai, with 17 crewmen on board, was attacked by 著作権侵害者s Sunday night about 20 miles (31 キロメーターs) north of Pearl Bank in Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines' 最南端の 州.

職員/兵員 of the Philippine coast guard, police and 海洋s 設立する the ship had drifted 近づく the 州's Baguan Island. Upon 搭乗 the 大型船, they 設立する 10 Vietnamese sailors alive and one dead.

Pham 先頭 Hien, 長,率いる of the safety department of Pham Hai shipping company, the owner of the 貨物 ship based in Vietnam's northern port city of Hai Phong, said the captain was の中で those 誘拐するd. The attack occurred while the 大型船 was 輸送(する)ing 4,500 トンs of 固く結び付ける from Indonesia to the Philippines, he said.

The gunmen destroyed some of the ship's 器具/備品, but the 10 remaining 乗組員 members managed to sail the ship, Hien said.

He said the company had 知らせるd the IMB Piracy 報告(する)/憶測ing 中心 in Malaysia to 捜し出す its help in 安全な・保証するing the return of the kidnapped 乗組員 members.

Balilo said 追跡 操作/手術s are 進行中で, but the 場所 of the 誘拐するd crewmen and the 身元 of the 攻撃者s remain unknown.

Abu Sayyaf 交戦的なs and 連合した gunmen are 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd of 存在 behind previous sea 強襲,強姦s in the area, 含むing an attack last November on another Vietnamese 貨物 ship whose captain and five crewmen were also kidnapped. They are believed to be held by the 交戦的なs in the southern 州 of Sulu, where the kidnappers are 持つ/拘留するing at least 20 foreign and 地元の 人質s in different ジャングル 場所s.

An Abu Sayyaf 指揮官 known as Albhasy Misaya has been 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd of 主要な the kidnapping of the Vietnamese crewmen last year, but the 軍の has not 監視するd any 調印する so far 示すing the Vietnamese 誘拐するd late Sunday were also 的d by the Sulu-based 交戦的なs.

身代金 kidnappings of Malaysian, Indonesian and Vietnamese crewmen have continued にもかかわらず 高くする,増すd 沿岸の and 国境 安全.

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Associated 圧力(をかける) writer Tran 先頭 Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam, 与える/捧げるd to this 報告(する)/憶測.

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