Clandestine migrants armed with knives seized a Turkish cargo ship in the gulf of Naples. Ship saved by the intervention of the Italian Navy’s Marines.
Clandestine migrants armed with knives seized a Turkish cargo ship in the gulf of Naples. Ship saved by the intervention of the Italian Navy’s Marines.
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The Galata Seaways, headed for the French port of Setè, is now in Naples. The crew and three passengers have been brought to safety, the hijackers were captured after a manhunt across the ship’s cargo hold.
This afternoon, after a seven-hour operation, the special forces of the Italian Navy have retaken control of the Turkish cargo ship that, while sailing in the gulf of Naples, was seized by a group of foreigners, clandestinely embarked in Turkey and armed with knives, who – after being discovered by the crew – kidnapped the sailors in an attempt to hijack the ship towards France.
The ship, the Galata Seaways, is now in Naples, on board there are the men of the Mobile Patrol [of the Italian State Police] and of the Guardia di Finanza [the Italian financial and border police]. All 22 members of the crew and the 3 passengers are safe and unharmed. The ship had departed Wednesday from the Turkish harbor of Topcular and should have arrived tomorrow in France. But ninety [nautical] miles south of Naples there was a sudden change of course. The alarm was given by the commander of the ship, who managed to contact the Turkish center for search and rescue for an urgent call for assistance. The ship was then stopped, a few miles south of Sorrento, by the special forces of the Italian Navy.
To break the news upon what happened was the [Italian] Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, hosted by [journalist] Bruno Vespa at the [newspaper] Forum at Masseria. “Fifteen stowaways – announced Crosetto – had taken control of a Turkish ship off the cost of Naples, kidnapping the 22 members of the crew. The Italian special forces, deployed in Brindisi, intervened and retook control of the ship. Now the crew is being freed and the ship brought to safety.” The situation is also monitored by the French SAR center, according to which there were two knifed-armed migrants and that the ship was headed for Setè in France. The attack against the commander and the crew took place 90 miles south-west of Naples. The crew immediately took refuge in the protected citadel of the vessel and steered the ship towards Naples. On scene arrived a boarding team of the San Marco [Brigade, the Italian Navy Marines] which took off from Brindisi, and two patrol ships, one – the Gregoretti – of the [Italian] Coast Guard, the other – the Montecimone – of the Guardia di Finanza. The special forces, deployed by two helicopters, neutralized the 15 migrants who hid across the ship, and retook control of the vessel.
Written by Alessandra Ziniti, first published by La Repubblica 09/06/2023, manually translated by u/minos83 10/06/2023.
Wtf do these losers think.
To the bottem with them.
Clandestine is just a fancy word for sneaky buggers
Notice they don’t comment on their country of origin. Which country is actively invading.. nothing to see here.
Glory to Ukraine
They embarked in Turkey, got busted by the crew while the ship was in Naples port, managed to hijack the ship with the intent to go to France. Migrants from a country starting with S?
Of course I meant Sweden
Just a bunch of doctors trying to get to their sick patients.
*expats
/s
Any bets on how long until the “based on a true story” action movie comes out?