Pirates raid Japanese trawler off Peru
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy
Updated 2 hours 56 minutes ago
A Japanese tuna trawler off the South American coast has been boarded by a gang who call themselves the pirates of the sea.
Japanese trawler Kenyu Maru 2 was anchored five kilometres off the Peruvian coast when 20 pirates scaled aboard before dawn.
The gang surprised the 15-member crew, tied their hands and feet and took money, mobile phones and communications equipment before escaping in two row boats.
It is the second time this year that a foreign ship has been raided by the criminals.
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