Manu Shipping Vessel Held in Greece Over Suspected Sabotage Cargo; Passengers Disembarked and Searches Find Nothing

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A vessel belonging to Manu Shipping, which was due to sail from the port of Syros in Greece to Haifa, was held following an alert about a suspected sabotage cargo. Some 1,500 passengers and crew members are aboard the ship, and security searches were conducted at the port.

The alert was delivered via a radio call in which an unidentified person claimed that a device had been attached to the hull of the ship "Crown Iris." All passengers and crew members were disembarked from the vessel, and sniffer dogs, bomb disposal units and divers carried out thorough inspections. The first inspection found nothing.

The Shin Bet is working with the authorities in Greece to allow the voyage to Israel to resume. Among the passengers are actors from the drama series "Linda and Ally" on Kan 11, whose filming was halted following the incident. The Navy commander spoke with Greek security officials about the matter.