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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates seized a cargo ship off the east African coast — one in a series of high-seas attacks in the last week alone, officials said Monday.
Gunmen hijacked the ship last Wednesday, said Andrew Mwangura, the program coordinator of the East Africa Seafarers Assistance Program. He did not know the number or nationalities of the crew on board.
Two other ships were attacked off the Somali coast on Saturday, with pirates firing on one of the boats, he said. And on Sunday, pirates in two speedboats attempted to seize a ship carrying cargo for the World Food Program — the third attack on a WFP ship this year, said Peter Smerdon, a spokesman for the U.N. program.
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