Ankara: A lone hijacker claiming to have a bomb has hijacked a ferry off the western port city of Izmit with some 20 passengers on board today, an official said.
Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu, mayor for Izmit, told a private news channel that the man claimed that there were four other hijackers on board the Kartepe ferry. But the mayor said crew told him the hijacker was alone.
There was no information on his identity or his motive.
Karaosmanoglu said the man was demanding to speak to the media.
A state-run TV channel said coast guard boats were shadowing the ferry as it was sailing off the coast of the town of Yalova in the Sea of Marmara, which connects the Black Sea to the Aegean.
Another news channel said there were some 20 passengers and four crew on board.
Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu, mayor for Izmit, told a private news channel that the man claimed that there were four other hijackers on board the Kartepe ferry. But the mayor said crew told him the hijacker was alone.
There was no information on his identity or his motive.
A state-run TV channel said coast guard boats were shadowing the ferry as it was sailing off the coast of the town of Yalova in the Sea of Marmara, which connects the Black Sea to the Aegean.
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