Armed Somali pirates who are seizing ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Dozens of vessels have been attacked over the last several months prompting US/NATO involvement in the region.
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Yemeni-owned commercial ship hijacked by Somali pirates
A Yemeni-owned commercial ship was hijacked by Somali pirates off Yemen's southern coast with nine Yemeni crew members on board, the country's Interior Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry's report cited a statement by the Yemeni police coastguard at the Gulf of Aden as saying that the hijack took place over the past few days after the ship left the port city of Mukall, Hadramout province, sailing towards Yemeni city port of Aden.
"The ship with the license registration name of Al-Asa'a carrying various merchandise along with nine Yemeni sailors on board has been moved by pirates to Karta area in the northern coast of Somalia," the report added.
The Gulf of Aden, off the northern coast of Somalia, has the highest risk of piracy in the world. Every year about 25,000 ships use the channel south of Yemen between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
Source: Xinhua
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