Nigeria: Two Tankers Attacked in Niger Delta

Nigerian militants are being blamed for attacks on two fuel tankers in the last couple days in the Niger Delta. In the first incident a Royal Dutch Shell tanker was targeted, its crew was locked up in the hold, and the militants ransacked and robbed the vessel. In the second attack, militants hit the MT Meredith and kidnapped a Romanian crewmember. The ship was left severely damaged after the militants destroyed the engine with dynamite.
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