A seafarer has been killed in an attack on a Vietnamese bulker off Borneo.

The 4,700-dwt Giang Hai (built 2010) was boarded by Philippines gunmen on 19 February, Vietnamese media said.

It was north of Pearl Bank in Tawi-Tawi and heading to Iloilo at the time.

Seven other crew were abducted.

The Philippine Coast guard, police and marines found the vessel after it drifted near Baguan Island.

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