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EU Observer (11 May 2026)

Nikolaj NIELSEN

A German charity vessel came under armed attack by the EU-backed Libyan coast guard amid threats to abduct the crew back to Libya, according to Sea-Watch, an NGO.

“As far as we know at this point, no one was hit, luckily,” Julia Winkler, a spokesperson at Sea-Watch, told EUobserver on Monday (11 May).

The NGO is operating Sea-Watch 5, which came under fire on Monday morning in international waters approximately 55 nautical miles north of Libya, after rescuing some 90 people.

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