一位地区高级官员告诉BBC，一艘在索马里海岸被海盗劫持的油轮上，有五名船员在当地安全部队夺回船只前被杀害。
Five crew members of an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia were killed before local security forces retook the vessel, a senior regional official has told the BBC.
邦特兰副新闻部长比莱·卡博萨德表示，这五人是在地区部队登上“MT Hoarner 25”号油轮前被海盗杀害的。死者包括三名巴基斯坦籍、一名印度籍和一名缅甸籍船员。另有四名船员受伤，包括三名巴基斯坦人和一名印度人。
Puntland Deputy Information Minister Bile Qabowsade said the five were killed by pirates before regional forces boarded MT Hoarner 25. He said the dead included three Pakistani nationals, one Indian and one national of Myanmar. Four other crew members were injured, including three Pakistanis and one Indian.
这艘载有约1.85万桶原油、原定前往索马里首都摩加迪沙的油轮，于四月在索马里海岸航行时被六名武装人员劫持。官员称，已有16名海盗嫌疑人被捕，其他人则在逃并遭到追捕。
The tanker, which was carrying about 18,500 barrels of oil destined for the Somali capital, Mogadishu, was seized in April by six armed men while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Sixteen suspected pirates have been arrested, while others escaped and were being pursued, officials said.
卡博萨德否认了关于索马里半自治地区邦特兰的部队曾帮助部分海盗逃脱的说法。
Qabowsade rejected suggestions that forces from Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, had helped some of the pirates escape.
当局尚未提供关于五名船员如何被杀或海盗如何控制船只的更多细节。
The authorities have not given further details how the five crew members were killed or how the pirates took control of the vessel.
这艘被劫持的油轮此前停泊在索马里海岸的哈夫恩和班德尔贝拉两个渔镇之间。
The hijacked tanker was anchored near the Somali coast between the fishing towns of Xaafun and Bander Beyla.
四月时，官员曾表示船上有17名船员，包括10名巴基斯坦人、4名印度尼西亚人、1名印度人、1名斯里兰卡人和1名缅甸人。
In April, officials had said there were 17 crew members on board when the vessel was hijacked. They included 10 Pakistanis, four Indonesians, one Indian, one Sri Lankan and a Myanmar national.
自2011年国际海军行动开展后，索马里海岸的海盗活动曾大幅下降，但近年来袭击和劫持事件再次增加。
Piracy off the Somali coast fell sharply after 2011 following international naval operations, but attacks and hijackings have increased again in recent years.