The threat of kidnappings by pirates in the Sulu Sea is rising, warns the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
The sea between eastern Malaysia and the Philippines is a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf, an al-Qaeda linked terror group responsible for seizing seafarers, particularly from tugs and barges.
Armed men have attacked a fishing boat, killing eight fishermen, in an apparent pirate attack off the southern Philippines this week.
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