20 sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates near Yemen on US-sanctioned ship

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20 sailors kidnapped by Somali pirates near Yemen on US-sanctioned ship

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Somali pirates hijacked the Eritrean-flagged oil products tanker M.T. Sibu 1 near Yemen, kidnapping 20 sailors. This marks a resurgence of piracy incidents in the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean with six commercial vessels seized since April.

Somali pirates hijacked an oil products tanker off Yemen, a Somali maritime security official said, the latest in a resurgence of piracy that has seen six commercial vessels seized since April across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean. Six armed pirates hijacked the Eritrean-flagged M.T. Sibu 1 on Thursday about 136 nautical miles (252 kilometres) east of al-Mukalla, Yemen, and took it towards Somalia’s Puntland coast, the official, who has knowledge of the incident, told journalists on...

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