CoverMaritime Security Teenage African migrants accused of hijacking tanker after sea rescue By maritimemag April 1, 2019 ShareTweet 0 Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court on Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya. The three, who have pleaded not guilty, were among 108 Africans rescued by the El Hiblu 1 tanker this week. They are accused of threatening the crew on Wednesday to try to force the boat to go to Malta and not take them back to Libya. Maltese soldiers boarded the tanker without incident and escorted it to the Valletta harbour on Thursday. The defendants are 15, 16 and 19 – one of them from Ivory Coast and the other two from Guinea. They pulled the hoods of their jackets over their faces as they were escorted out of court by police on Saturday. © 2019, maritimemag. All rights reserved.
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