(SomaliNet) WFP chartered ship has been hijacked by pirates off Puntland coast in northeast Somalia, the WFP spokesman said on Sunday. Saed Warsame who is now in Nairobi, Kenya confirmed the hijacking of the ship of Motaco Shipping Agency based in Mombassa, Kenya. He told the local media that Somali pirates had kidnapped the ship in Alula coast near Bosaso city of Puntland. | It is the 46th piracy case that occurred in Somalia since the fall of the former president Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. |
It is the 46th piracy case that occurred in Somalia since the fall of the former president Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 when the country plunged into anarchy and chaos. 12 crewmembers were onboard the ship, six of them Kenyans while the other six were Sri-Lankans. Before falling in the hands of the pirates, the ship unloaded aid supply at Barbara and Bosaso ports in Somalia. No word has been heard from the Puntland authorities on the hijacking of the WFP ship.