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FEWER PIRACY ATTACKS BUT CASUALTIES HIGH: BUREAU
(Shipping Times)
July 14, 1997
[KUALA LUMPUR]
Piracy on the high seas remained high with seven ship crew members killed in 79 attacks in the six months to June, with 36 violent cases recorded, officials said.
"The number of casualties this year is almost as high as last, but from fewer incidents," the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau (IMB)'s regional manager, ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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