MUGLA, Turkey
The Turkish cargo ship that was attacked off the Libyan coast arrived at Fethiye Port in Turkey’s southwestern Mugla province on Tuesday.
The ship’s arrival came hours after a third captain of the Tuna-1 ship was killed on Sunday as the vessel was targeted by consecutive artillery attacks.
Ilker Buyukdere was killed and other crew members were wounded while the ship was traveling about 20 kilometers off the coast of Tobruk.
The wounded will be brought to the port through another boat, Turkish authorities said, as ambulances were dispatched to the port for the injured crew.
The ship will dock near Sovalye Island, near Fethiye, in order for prosecutors to examine it.
Ilker's body was brought back to Turkey on board a Turkish coast guard boat and taken to Fethiye Hospital in an ambulance for autopsy.
On Monday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry had confirmed that the "Tuna-1" Turkish cargo ship had been attacked off the coast of Libya’s port city of Tobruk.
"The Tuna-1 ship flagged with Cook Island was attacked in international waters about 13 miles [21 kilometers] off the coast of Tobruk, when it was carrying a drywall cargo from Spain,” the ministry said in a statement.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described the attack as “barbaric.”
