Piracy attempt on Yemeni merchant ship aborted
Wednesday 06/October/2010
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A security team escorted a Yemeni merchant ship has aborted an attempt of Somali pirates to hijack the ship, Interior Ministry has reported.
The ship was 4 nautical miles off the eastern coasts of Sayhout district of Mahrah province, when it was tried to be hijacked, a coastguard official said. Three pirate boats have attacked the ship, but the escorted security team has shot the pirates and forced them to run away, the source said.
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