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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The east coast of Africa saw the reemergence of pirates recently with an attack and hijacking of an oil tanker. This is the first successful hijacking by Somali pirates on a commercial ship since 2012.
The vessel, the Aris 13, sent a distress call, turned off its tracking system and altered course toward the Somali port town of Alula, according to aid group Oceans Beyond Piracy.
“The pirates hijacked the oil tanker and they brought it near Alula,” Mohamud Ahmed Eynab, the district commissioner for Alula, told Reuters by phone. Pirates in the town confirmed they were expecting the ship.
The tanker was believed to have eight crew on board of Sri Lankan descent.
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