Pirates attack two ships within an hour in Singapore Strait

Container ships moored off the Singapore Strait on July 26, 2019. Two ships in the Strait were attacked by pirates early on Feb 9, 2020.- ST file

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two ships in the Singapore Strait were attacked by pirates within the span of an hour in the wee hours of Sunday (Feb 9) morning.

Some engine spares were stolen in one incident, while the perpetrators left empty handed in the other, said the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre in a media release.