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[Regnum] Somali pirates hijacked the fishing trawler Lorenzo Putha-4 from Sri Lanka in the Arabian Sea, Xinhua reported.According to the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Sri Lanka, pirates attacked the fishing vessel on January 27. There were six crew members on board the trawler.
The trawler left Sri Lanka on January 12. According to the director general of the department, Susanta Kakhawata, the Sri Lankan authorities have no contact with the crew; they learned about the seizure from the crews of other ships located nearby.
ADAderana TV channel reported on January 28 that two fishing vessels from Sri Lanka were arrested for illegal activities in the exclusive economic zone of the Maldives.
The Maldives Coast Guard has seized two Sri Lankan vessels, one carrying seven crew members and the other six. Both vessels were taken under guard by the coast guard ship "Nuraddin" of the first squadron of the Maldives coast guard. They will be taken to the port of Male and handed over to the police.
As Regnum reported, on January 5, Somali pirates hijacked the cargo ship MV Lila Norfolk, which was flying the flag of Liberia. There were 15 Indian sailors on board.
On January 12, US Central Command reported two American soldiers missing off the coast of Somalia. They disappeared during a military operation by the US Navy near an African state - in the area of ​​​​operations of the US 5th Fleet.