Pirates kill one, kidnap four in attacks off Gabon capital

Pirates attacked four ships in the harbour of the Gabon capital Libreville overnight, killing a captain and kidnapping four Chinese workers, the government said Sunday."Pirate attacks were perpetrated... against four ships," government spokesman Edgard Anicet Mboumbou Miyakou said, adding that a Gabonese captain was killed and four Chinese sailors were abducted.Pirate attacks are unusual in the harbour, but extremely frequent in the surrounding Gulf of Guinea.