Crew kidnapped by armed pirates

ARMED pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one of them, officials said.

The Liberian-flagged MV Mozart was sailing from Lagos, Nigeria, to Cape Town in South Africa when it was attacked north-west of the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe.

The pirates left the ship in the Gulf of Guinea with three sailors aboard, state-run Anadolu news agency said. The vessel was heading to Gabon’s Port-Gentil.