The captain of a ship seized earlier this week off the Seychelles has died of gunshot wounds he suffered during the hijacking, Somali pirates say.
They say the captain, whose name is not yet known, died on Tuesday.
The MV Theresa VIII, a Singaporean-operated tanker with a crew of 28 North Koreans - was seized about 180 nautical miles north-west of the Seychelles.
The news comes as Somali pirates attacked a US-flagged ship for the second time.
Crew from the MV Maersk Alabama had returned fire after pirates had fired automatic weapons at the ship, about 350 nautical miles east of Somalia, the EU's naval force said. There were no casualties reported. - BBC
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