Cargo vessel with suspected terrorist stowaways off Algarve coast Syrian stowaways are both injured, need urgent medical attention

(Portugal Resident) There is a deal of confusion this morning about the exact whereabouts, sailing plan and situation of cargo vessel Vestvind, sailing under a Portuguese flag, on which two injured Syrians, allegedly wanted in their country for terrorism, were discovered last week.

According to Correio da Manhã today, the boat “has been nine days in the Tejo waiting for a port to dock in.”

The paper confirms “it has two alleged extremists on board, according to (Italian newspaper) Gazetta del Sud.”

But the Marine Traffic ship tracking website suggests the German-owned vessel is off the coast of Faro as we write, on course for a port in Poland.

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