Pirates take tanker
NZPA-Reuter Manila Two crewmen are feared drowned after being tied up and thrown overboard by pirates who hijacked a 260-ton oil tanker in Manila Bay, the Philippine coastguard said.
Another crew member is still missing after being taken hostage by the pirates who seized the tanker at gunpoint on Friday.
The pirates also threw the captain and two other crewmen overboard but they were rescued by fishermen.
The hijacking is the latest attack on shipping in the busy bay where pirates have ranged with impunity for years despite pledges of a crackdown by the military.
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Press, 25 January 1988, Page 6
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