
A Saudi Arabian oil tanker that had been hijacked on February
18,was recovered by the Nigeria Navy today,and the Navy killed one of the hijackers in a fierce gun-battle and arrested 6 others.The tanker,Maximus,had
18 crew members,including
10 Indian sailors,when it was hijacked off Ivory Coast's waters.Two of the crew are still missing after they were taken hostage by two pirates who escaped in another vessel.The hostages are believed to be from Indian and Pakistan.Bare-chested and handcuffed,the men were paraded in front of local and internationa; media as the Nigerian naval officers described how they stormed the ship on saturday and arrested the pirates off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe,West Africa.The sspected hijackers,all Nigerians,were named as Captain Mike Ugborama,Ayo Joshuaa,Marcus Adesoji,Adeyemi Paul,Oluwafemi Samuel and Collins Friday.Among the haul recovered from the ship were AK47s,magazines,bullets,different currencies,satelite phones and even protection charms from local traditional medicine men.The Indian defence attache,Capt. Gautam Marwaha,was at the scene to welcome the rescued crew.He told the press that no ransom demand had been received yet for the missing crew members.More photos below.

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