Merchant ship that was hijacked by migrants it had rescued off the Libya coast arrives at port in Malta, officials tell ABC News.
it had rescued off the Libya coast has arrived at a port in Malta, Maltese officials told ABC News Thursday morning., 6 miles off the Libyan coast, on Wednesday. But the migrants suddenly suddenly seized the ship and forced the captain to change course toward Europe after realizing they were being taken back to Libya.
The tanker was secured Thursday by the Armed Forces of Malta, which brought the migrants to the safe port of Valletta. According to Maltese authorities, 77 of the ship's 108 rescued passengers were men, another 19 were women and 12 were children.police for further investigation,” Kay Gelfo, a spokeswoman for Malta Armed Forces, told ABC News.
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