Bulk carrier hijacked in Indian Ocean - EU, official

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A bulk carrier called the MV Delvina was hijacked in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, the EU naval force and a local maritime official said.

The EU anti-piracy naval force said on its Web site that the ship, with a deadweight of 53,629 tonnnes, had 21 crew on board from the Ukraine and the Philippines.

Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East Africa Seafarers' Association said the vessel was seized some 250 nautical miles northwest of Madgascar and was laden with wheat.

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh in Mogadishu, Richard Lough in Antananarive and Wangui Kanina in Nairobi; Editing by David Clarke)