INCIDENT OVER
Event: Kidnap for Ransom
IMB Level: 1
Date and Time: 30 January 2020, 1040hrs local
Location: Limbe Anchorage, Cameroon
Position: 03°58’N, 009°08’E
Distance from Shore: Approx. 2.5nm
Vessel Details
Type: Local passenger
Event Details
Kidnapped: 1
Injured: 0
Killed: 0
Security Present: None
Weather: Gentle Breeze / 0mm precipitation
Wave Height: 0.5m
Threat Details
Number of Perpetrators: 6-7
Number of Craft: 1 speedboat
Weapons Seen: None reported
Equipment Seen: None reported
Description: A speed boat with 6 or 7 armed persons was seen offshore Limbe, Cameroon. It attacked a small boat, known as a Cotonou boat, and abducted 1 person from it.
The speed boat then left the area, heading towards Bakassi Peninsular, Nigeria. Local Navy was informed and Cameroon BIR mobilised.
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