Three Turkish tuna fishing vessels surrounded the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise while the crew of one of the vessels attacked the ship in the Cypriot Channel.
Earlier, Greenpeace flew its helicopter to document the activities of tuna fishing vessels. One of the three, the Cinar Ibrahim, collided with the Arctic Sunrise. The tuna ship’s crew then started hurling lead fishing weights at the Greenpeace ship. Gunfire was also heard. No one was injured but the Greenpeace helicopter was damaged and is now inoperable.
The Arctic Sunrise was sailing between Turkey and Cyprus to draw attention to tuna illegal overfishing.
Photo: © Greenpeace / Gavin Parsons
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For more information:
Greenpeace press release
Video of the incident
Artic Sunrise in Italian waters
