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All 15 crew members of ship attacked off Nigeria 'in good health'

All 15 crew members of Liberian-flagged ship, Mozart, which remains anchored at Port-Gentil, Gabon, are together, in good health and uninjured, according to the ship's Turkish technical operating company on Jan. 28. 

"Boden Shipping communicated with the crew members of the container ship Mozart, which was hijacked off Sao Tome on Jan. 23, 2021," said a statement by the firm.

Body of sailor killed in pirate attack airlifted from Turkey to Azerbaijan

The body of an Azerbaijani crew member killed in a pirate attack on a container ship in the Gulf of Guinea was sent to Azerbaijan earlier on Jan. 26 after being airlifted to Turkey.

The body had been airlifted from Gabon's capital Libreville​​​​​​​ to Istanbul and then on to the Azerbaijani capital Baku by a Turkish Airlines plane.