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| Cameroon oil vessel's crew seized | Cameroon oil vessel's crew seized |
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| Armed pirates in speedboats have boarded an oil vessel and kidnapped 10 crew members off the West African state of Cameroon. | |
| The vessel's owners said those taken hostage were seven French nationals, two Cameroonians and a Tunisian. | The vessel's owners said those taken hostage were seven French nationals, two Cameroonians and a Tunisian. |
| The pirates attacked the boat at an oilfield near the Cameroonian coast in the Gulf of Guinea. | The pirates attacked the boat at an oilfield near the Cameroonian coast in the Gulf of Guinea. |
| There have been a number of attacks against oil installations in Gulf of Guinea states over the past year. | There have been a number of attacks against oil installations in Gulf of Guinea states over the past year. |
| A diplomat in Cameroon said the raid had happened near the Bakassi Peninsula, which is on the country's border with Nigeria. | |
| Attacks on oil installations in Nigeria's nearby Niger Delta have been especially frequent, and the diplomat told AFP news agency that the boarding of the vessel off Cameroon resembled recent raids in the Delta. | |
| The vessel, the Bourbon Sagitta, is owned by the French maritime services company Bourbon. | The vessel, the Bourbon Sagitta, is owned by the French maritime services company Bourbon. |
| A company spokesperson said armed hijackers had boarded it from three speedboats around midnight. | |
| Five crew members stayed aboard the vessel, and neither the crew members who were seized nor those who stayed on board had been injured, Bourbon said. | Five crew members stayed aboard the vessel, and neither the crew members who were seized nor those who stayed on board had been injured, Bourbon said. |
| Earlier this month, armed robbers carried out a daring raid on banks in a seaside town of Limbe in Cameroon. | |
| Some 50 masked men who arrived by speedboat blew up safes in banks and made away with the money. |