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ReCAAP Incident Alert

Tanker

Tanker boarded at anchor by Armed robbers

8/12/17

03:40 LT

Approximately 15 nm northnortheast off Tanjung Berakit, Pulau Bintan, Indonesia (SCS)

While at anchor, four perpetrators wearing black, barefooted and armed with knives and swords boarded the tanker from a small craft. They confronted and tied the 2nd engineer who was working in the engine room workshop. The perpetrators forcibly entered the spare parts store, stole two bags of engine spare parts and escaped. The master conducted a search on board and no perpetrators were found..

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