CAIRO, September 18. /TASS/. The Egyptian captain of the M/V Noran bulk carrier, docked at a Russian port, was killed in a strike on the vessel, Egypt’s foreign ministry reported.

The ministry is closely monitoring the September 13 incident at a port in southwestern Russia involving a strike on the M/V Noran, which had Egyptian sailors aboard. The captain was killed, and the consular department is handling repatriation of his body. The other eight crew members have returned to Egypt.

No exact location or other details were provided.

According to Marine Traffic, the M/V Noran, under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis, was heading to Batumi from Albania. No cargo information is available.

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