MOGADISHU, Somalia – The joint EU-sponsored drive liable for maritime safety alongside the East African coast together with Somalia studies that it has rescued a fishing boat.
The fishing boat the ALMERAJ 1 was kidnapped final month off the Puntland coast by armed suspected pirates, a transfer that raised fears of recent piracy exercise within the northwestern Indian Ocean off Somalia.
The kidnapping of the ALMERAJ 1 adopted the assault on the tanker Central Park, which the U.S. blamed on pirates within the Gulf of Aden, the place Yemen’s Houthi rebels are working.
The EU naval forces captured the pirates who seized the fishing dhow close to Eyl city within the Puntland state of Somalia. They have been demanding $400,000 in ransom whereas threatening to make use of the vessel as a mom ship for added assaults on business delivery.
EUNAVFOR mentioned that shut and efficient cooperation with Somali police forces and native authorities has finally led to the give up of suspected pirates who kidnapped 🇮🇷 fishing vessel AL-MERAJ 1.
“Maritime safety in North West Indian Ocean is a shared accountability,” mentioned EUNAVFOR.
Operation ATALANTA monitored the dhow carefully for greater than 230 nautical miles away from the coast of Somalia. This included the deployment of an unarmed drone and the involvement of the EU embassy in Mogadishu and the Somali authorities.
An Italian and a Spanish warship are presently deployed to the realm of operation for Operation ATALANTA.
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