Chinese fishing boat seized off Kenya

A Chinese fishing boat with 24 people on board has been seized off the Kenyan coast by “unidentified persons”, China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

The boat was heading from Colombo, to Mombasa, Kenya at the time of the seizure, reports said.

Xinhua, citing a source in China’s transport ministry, said the boat was seized late on Thursday.

“The abductors demanded the Chinese fishing boat sail towards the coastal area off southern Somalia,” the report said.

The crew consisted of 15 Chinese, one Taiwanese, one Japanese, three Filipinos and four Vietnamese, it added.

Courtesy: Government Information Department