News / Warplane attack on Turkish cargo vessel off Libyan coast leaves one officer killed

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Yesterday’s attack on a Turkish cargo ship off the Libyan coast, near a town that has become an Islamic State stronghold, left one officer dead and at least one crew member injured.

Sources close to the internationally recognised government in eastern Libya told The Loadstar that the Cook Islands-flagged vessel, Tuna-1, was targeted in the early hours of Monday after it ignored repeated radio warnings and continued heading towards the port of Derna.

The coastline around Derna – under the control of ...