Oil Tanker Crew Fends Off Pirate Attack
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From Times Wire Reports
The crew of a Japanese oil tanker used powerful fire hoses to fend off an attack by pirates in the Singapore Strait, an ocean-crime monitoring agency reported.
The International Maritime Bureau said that pirates in seven fishing boats accosted the tanker near Indonesia’s Karimun Islands on Tuesday afternoon.
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