Piracy. Russian Oil Tanker in the Gulf of Aden Manages to Escape

A Russian oil tanker was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden today on Sunday but managed to escape with no casualties or damage, a Russian shipping company said. The Liberia-flagged tanker, the NS SPIRIT, with a 22-member Russian crew, was sailing from South-East Asia to a Persian Gulf port with 36,000 tons of gasoline on its board.

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