Two European owned chemical tankers have been hijacked by pirates off Somalia in the past two days, a European Union mission on fighting piracy in the Horn of Africa said on Thursday.

"Two European owned chemical tankers have been hijacked in the Somali basin in the past 24 hours," the Maritime Security Center --Horn of Africa (MSCHOA) said in a statement posted on its website.

A 9,000-ton Greek-owned and Panamanian-registered vessel, with its 19 crew, was attacked approximately 450 miles east of Kismaayoon Wednesday afternoon, the statement said.

On Thursday morning, a 23,000-ton Norwegian-owned and Bahamian-registered vessel was captured 250 miles east of Kismaayo, it added.

The Maritime Security Center has issued a warning notifying all vessels in this area to be aware of the sudden increase in pirate activity.

索马里海盗再次出现 两欧洲化学船被劫持

欧盟负责协调打击亚丁湾海盗活动的"非洲之角海事安全中心"26日表示，25日和26日两天，连续有两艘欧洲国家的化学品货船在索马里海域被劫持。该中心紧急呼吁该水域船只加强戒备。

该中心在其网站上发表的声明说，25日下午，一艘装载 9000吨液体化学品在巴拿马注册的希腊籍货船在索马里南部港口基斯马尤以东约450英里处水域遭到攻击，当时船上有19名船员。在这起劫持事件发生后不到24小时，即26日上午，一艘载有2．3万吨液体化学品在巴哈马注册的挪威籍货船又在基斯马尤以东250英里处遭劫持。

该中心说，它已向索马里附近海域的船只发出安全警告，请它们高度防范海盗袭击。
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