The raiders stayed on the ship about two hours and stole typewriters, liquor, cigarettes and other personal belongings, a spokesman for the shipping line said. One Indonesian crewmember had his eyes put out by the marauders.Ībout 20 pirates boarded the ship Monday morning while it was anchored outside the harbor, waiting for a berth. His body has been found and he is presumed dead. ![]() Sonnich Kromman Frederiksen, 44, was thrown overboard after being wounded. A Danism seamen's union called for a boycott of Nigerian ports. The incident triggered a joint demand from the five Nordic countries that Nigeria provide greater protection for foreign ships. Because of congestion in the harbor itself, foreign freighters are forced to wait off the coast, sometimes for as long as several months. Piracy, usually carried out by armed gangs using small boats, has become an increasing problem for ships visiting Lagos. ![]() ![]() Pirates boarded the Danish freighter Lindinger Ivory anchored outside the Nigerian port of Lagos, shot and knifed the ship's captain and wounded all 14 crewmembers, the ship's owners said today.
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