Recently reported incidentsJune 20 2006 at 0310 UTC at Lagos Roads anchorage, Nigeria. Three robbers armed with guns and knives boarded a bulk carrier from forecastle. They took hostage a duty A/B and held him at gunpoint. They lowered ship's stores into a waiting motor boat and escaped.
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June 04 2006 at 0630 UTC in position 25:40.0N - 057:04.0E, off NE coast Oman, Arabian Sea. Three armed pirates in a high speed fibre glass boat with green hull followed a chemical tanker underway. They came within two metres and engaged the crew in meaningless conversation. Master took photos of the pirates and at this stage a masked pirate started shooting at the master. Bullets missed the master and crew locked themselves inside the accommodation and secured all entrances. Pirates realised that they were photographed and aborted attempted boarding.