Five Vietnamese sailors were among the crewmen of a fishing vessel of
Taiwan, China, who escaped from Somali pirates after it was hijacked in
the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles, the Taiwan External
Affairs Department said on Nov. 6.
The Chin Yi Wen with a crew of
28, including nine Chinese, eight Filipinos, six Indonesians and five
Vietnamese, was attacked on Nov. 4.
According to a spokesman for
Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency, the crew managed to overwhelm the six armed
pirates and retake control of their ship. This is the first time sailors
of a fishing vessel hijacked
by Somali pirates have freed themselves on their own, he said.
The Somali pirates fell into the sea and three sailors on the Chin Yi Wen were slightly injured, he added.
The ship is heading for Victoria port of the Seychelles./.