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Mission to Seafarers Manila supports seafarer shot during piracy ordeal

The Mission to Seafarers Manila has come to the aid of a Filipino seafarer and his family after a tanker was attacked by pirates. 2nd Mate Edwin Acasio and the crew of the MT Leon Diaz were transiting the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Nigeria Africa when they were boarded and held hostage. In the attack Edwin was shot and seriously injured. After reaching hospital in the Port of Cotonou Benin, he was treated in intensive care for stomach and hand injuries.

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