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Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants

A Maltese naval vessel off the coast of the island earlier this year. [AFP]

A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took control of the vessel.

The Palau-flagged tanker Elhiblu I had picked up the 108 migrants including women and children on Tuesday evening and then headed back to Tripoli.

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