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Somali pirates suspected of staging first attack since 2012
Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern Somali coast, an expert on piracy in Somalia said Tuesday. If the hijackers' identity is confirmed, the attack would be the first by Somali pirates on a commercial ship since 2012. "What we know for sure is that a small tanker has been attacked and has diverted course," said John Steed, a former British army officer who heads the Horn of Africa section of the Oceans Beyond Piracy NGO.
Pirates hijack freighter off Somalia's coast, officials say
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts said Tuesday, the first such seizure of a large commercial vessel on the crucial global trade route since 2012.
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Somali pirates suspected of staging first attack since 2012
Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern Somali coast, an expert on piracy in Somalia said Tuesday. If the hijackers' identity is confirmed, the attack would be the first by Somali pirates on a commercial ship since 2012. "What we know for sure is that a small tanker has been attacked and has diverted course," said John Steed, a former British army officer who heads the Horn of Africa section of the Oceans Beyond Piracy NGO.
Pirates hijack freighter off Somalia's coast, officials say
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts said Tuesday, the first such seizure of a large commercial vessel on the crucial global trade route since 2012.
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