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Piracy has not gone away. There are still many attacks today. One attack occurred on February 26, 1996 near the Philippines Islands. A fishing boat with 10 crewman on board that was fishing got attacked by two speedboats with two men on each boat. The speedboats pulled on side of the fishing boat and the pirates in the speedboats pulled out automatic guns and opened fire on the fishing boat. Nine of the ten crewman got killed. Jangay Ajinohon got injured in the head but was still able to jump off the boat and swim to safety. There were 223 other attacks just that year. Organized efforts to take statistics of these attacks weren't put together until 1992. Countries near the Pacific and Indian oceans didn't take much care about piracy. Pirates took this as an advantage so they wouldn't' get caught. The number of attacks in 1992 was 106 and there were 26 murders and the numbers have been rising ever since.
ABC News.com - Terror on the Waves Modern Piracy – John Grissom Article |
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