Hijacked fishing vessel approaches shipping lane amid Somali piracy fears

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Armed attackers hijacked the Iranian fishing vessel Azini off Somalia’s northeastern coast, taking 21 Iranian and two Somali crew members. The vessel was reportedly moved toward a busy shipping lane, prompting warnings about a possible piracy threat in the western Indian Ocean.

Commercial shipping in the western Indian Ocean has been warned of a potential new piracy threat after armed attackers seized an Iranian fishing vessel off Somalia and moved it towards a busy maritime traffic lane. The Azini was hijacked on Thursday, October 29, off the northeastern Somali coast, with 21 Iranian crewmembers and two Somali …