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Tensions between Turkey and Libya’s internationally recognized government are escalating to open animosity. Tuna-1, a freighter owned by a Turkish company registered in the Cook Islands, was hit on the evening of May 10 en route to Tobruk by Libyan government forces off the coast of Derne. Ilker Buyukdere, one of the 15-man crew, was killed and five others of Turkish and Georgian nationalities were wounded.
“We strongly denounce this heinous attack towards a civilian ship in international waters and we condemn those who carried out the attack," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
