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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A British-flagged chemical tanker and its 26-member crew were seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, a pirate spokesman said Tuesday.
"We have hijacked a ship with (a) British flag in the Gulf of Aden late yesterday (Monday)," pirate Mohamed Shakir told The Times of London by telephone. "We have peacefully captured the ship and no shots were fired and (there are) no casualties."
Andrew Mwangura, speaking for the East Africa Seafarers' Association in Mombasa, Kenya, said the St. James Park sent a distress signal after it was attacked. He said the tanker's crew was from eight countries, but couldn't confirm for The Times whether any Britons were on board.
The British newspaper reported the same gang of pirates in October kidnapped a British couple sailing around the world aboard a yacht.
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