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Pirates armed with machine guns, seized two European tanker off the coast of Somalia. Captains of both of them are Russians.

Nipayia Greek ship with 19 crew members was hijacked on Wednesday, about 700 km from the coast of Somalia.

reports RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of the Greek merchant fleet, the tanker was seized by the team of 19 people, among them – 18 Filipinos and one Russian. The tanker flying the flag of Panama owned by the Greek company's Lotus Shipping.

On Thursday, pirates seized the Norwegian tanker Bow Asir. On board the Norwegian tanker is at least 27 crew members, including the Russian skipper, told Norwegian Shipowners Association.

Both the tanker designed to transport chemicals, but at this time is unknown, what goods they had on board at the time of capture.

Norwegian Shipowners' Association said that the tanker was attacked by a group of 16-18 pirates.

Representatives of NATO said that in the past day, three more vessels were subjected to persecution by the pirates.

Formerly yacht was seized with two passengers on board, an attack on it was carried out at a time when she left the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

As the diplomatic observer BBC's James Robbins, the EU fleet has achieved some success in combating piracy, but it has to patrol the vast area – more than a million square miles of ocean off the coast of Somalia.