29 Mar 2024
Saturday 20 October 2018 - 10:34
Story Code : 323826

12 get poisoned in Iranian vessel sailing to Baku, 3 died: Iran's Baku envoy


MNA Iran's Ambassador to Baku Javad Jahangirzadeh has said that 12 crew members of Iran's Nazmehr dry cargo ship, sailing on the Aktau-Baku route, got poisoned and three of them have died.







He noted that thanks to Azerbaijani border guards, seven crew members were placed in the toxicology department of the Clinical Medical Center;three of the Iranian cargo ship crew died of poisoning on the way to the hospital.

He added "all crew are Iranians, except for their captain, who is aUkrainian citizen, adding "the reason forthe poisoning of the crew membersis under review."

The incident occurred at a distance of 21 miles from the island of Pirallahi, in the central part of the Caspian Sea.

At 03:00, a border patrol vessel approached the Nazmehr cargo ship, taking on board seven severely injured crew members. First aid was provided to them on the vessel, after which the patrol vessel headed for the Absheron port. Doctors were called to provide emergency medical aid.


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