(AGI) Rome - An Italian vessel, the M/N Montecristo, with 7 Italians on board and owned by the D'Alesio group has been seized off the coasts of Somalia. The alarm was launched at 6.45 am when the boat was about 620 miles from the coast. A recent message from the Italian captain informs that the M/N Montecristo was attacked by a boat carrying five armed men.
There are 23 people on board the ship, 7 Italians, 10 Ukrainians and 6 Indians.
