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| A Yemeni fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia coast |
| 2025-03-20 |
| [ShabelleMedia] In the latest of a series of pirate hijackings off Somalia this year EUNAVFOR ATALANTA reported a suspected hijacking of Yemini dhow, or fishing vessel, on 16 March in the vicinity of Eyl, Northern coast of Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... EUNAVFOR ATALANTA said the incident had been classified as a hijacking with seven hijackers remaining on board. The dhow has a crew of eight Somali nationals on board. "EUNAVFOR ATALANTA is monitoring the event and coordinating closely with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and with the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i Coast Guard," the naval force said. It is the latest in a series of such incidents this year. The Yemini Saytuun-2 was hijacked by pirates on 17 February who left the vessel five days later. On 8 February the dhow Al Najma was hijacked off Eyl and liberated by EUNAVFOR ATALANTA forces on 13 February. The rise in hijacking of fishing vessels has prompted concerns of a possible resurgence of attacks on larger fat merchantmen transiting off the coast of Somalia. Previously dhows were used as motherships by the pirates to launch attacks on vessels transiting hundreds of miles out from the Somali coastline. Related: Pirate 02/26/2025 Suspected Somali pirates abandon Yemeni fishing boat they seized off Horn of Africa Pirate 02/17/2025 Ministers vote to back bill levying 80% tax on foreign state funding of Israeli NGOs Pirate 02/02/2025 Trump is killing terrorists again and cleaning up Biden''s disastrous mistakes — it''s glorious Related: Puntland: 2025-03-17 Day 2: US airstrikes ''took out'' multiple Houthi terror leaders, US Navy airstruck Houthi drones and captured cargo ship, Houthis claim 53 toes up after 47 airstrikes Puntland: 2025-03-15 Al-shabaab mastermind airstruck in Somalia operation in Middle Shabelle Puntland: 2025-03-15 Puntland Forces Kill ISIS Drone Chief in Calmiskaad Mountains Operation Thursday |
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