CNN Wire Staff:Greek-flagged tanker Irene SL hijacked

The Greek-flagged MV Irene SL (pictured) is the second major oil tanker in two days to be hijacked by pirates

A tanker was hijacked on Wednesday in the North Arabian Sea, the European Union Naval Force said.

The MV Irene SL, a Greek-flagged and Panamanian owned tanker, had been headed from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates to the Egyptian port of Suez when it was attacked.

The incident took place about 350 nautical miles southeast of the ....................

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Omani city of Muscat. The crew consists of 17 Filipinos, seven Greeks, and a Georgian.

A Greek Merchant Marine Ministry spokesman said the ship was carrying 266,000 tons of crude oil.

There has been no communication with the ship, Greek and EUNAVFOR officials said. On Tuesday, pirates in the Indian Ocean attacked and boarded an Italian flagged and owned oil tanker. That incident occurred 670 nautical miles east of Yemen's Socotra Island.

By the CNN Wire Staff