What happened

Five armed pirates boarded the fully laden, Marshall Islands-flagged LNG carrier Methane Princess while it was moored and disconnecting at the Punta Europa LNG terminal. The ship's crew withdrew to the citadel, but the attackers seized two Filipino workers from the terminal jetty. One captive later escaped by jumping from the pirate boat and sustained injuries; the other was taken away. A wider nine-person pirate group used a skiff and ladder to reach the terminal, and Equatorial Guinea's navy responded after the alarm. Maritime-security reporting described this as the twentieth kidnapping incident recorded in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020. No responsibility was established. The marker is placed at the Punta Europa terminal rather than an offshore approximation.

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