Breaking News: Three British sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates

12:43 AM Tue 2 Nov 2010 GMT

'Latest hijack of yacht in the Indian Ocean - somewhere between the Seychelles and Lamu in Kenya' .

A reliable source in Kenya has reported that his organisation has been informed that pirates have hijacked a yacht in the Indian Ocean somewhere between the Seychelles and Lamu off Kenya with three British citizens aboard, and they are continuing to investigate the report. Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program, who has long been first with reliable news of Somali piracy activities, told Reuters his group had been informed that the yacht had been boarded by pirates near the Seychelles. 'We as yet don't have the name of the yacht nor do we know the gender ...

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