Italy: 15 Migrant Pirates with Daggers Take Over Turkish Ship, Hold Hostages

This is why we need to get these people into Europe quicker.

If they are in Europe, they become European, because they accept our values of a democracy in the rules-based order. That way, they don’t become pirates.

RT:

Italy’s special forces were deployed to storm a private ship hijacked by more than a dozen migrants, the Italian Defense Ministry said, claiming the stowaways had armed themselves with “daggers.”

A Turkish cargo vessel en route to France, the Galata Seaways, was taken over by 15 “illegal migrants” on Friday, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told reporters, also describing them as “pirates.” He said marines with Italy’s San Marco battalion were sent to intervene.

The hijackers “were using what seem to be weapons like daggers” to threaten the ship’s crew, the official added, while local media reports said some on board were taken hostage after the migrants were discovered hiding on the ship.

What is a “dagger”?

Is this some kind of translation error?

Do they mean machetes? 

How do 15 people with daggers take over a ship this size?

Did they have +1 daggers?

Maybe the Dagger of the Demon Lord?

I suppose it’s also possible they were each carrying the Dagger of Endless Stabbing.

But surely, someone in the crew was armed with actual firearms?

How did the pirates even approach?

“Four or five migrants with knives had attempted to take possession of the command bridge, barricading themselves inside and also attempting to kidnap the Turkish sailors,” ANSA News reported.

The Turkish transportation ministry said the crew of the Galata Seaways had detected the presence of unauthorized passengers early on Friday morning.

The captain of the vessel was able to radio an urgent request to help to Ankara before the takeover, which was then relayed to Italy by Turkish authorities.

Following a seven-hour operation joined by two navy helicopters in addition to coast guard and police vessels, the Italian military said the Turkish ship was recaptured and that its 22 crewmembers were safe. The craft and its cargo are now docked near the coast of Naples.

“Italian security forces intervened in the Galata Seaways, which was diverted to Naples to retrieve the fugitives, and the safety of the crew was ensured,” the Turkish ministry added.

Footage purporting to show the mission in progress has circulated online, with several smaller ships seen surrounding the cargo vessel stopped near the Italian coast.

This is a great example of the very innocent victims that are flooding our countries.

They are telling us that they are all true neutral, and our values will make them lawful good.

However, the examples of their behavior that we see all imply chaotic neutral at best, and probably, more accurately, you would be seeing mostly chaotic evil.

Anyway, people have really been requesting more Dungeons & Dragons related humor, so I’m going to do my best to start working a lot of that in.