EU Warns of Active and Involving Threat as Pirates Abandon Seized Dhow

The Yemeni fishing vessel that was seized by pirates a week ago has now been abandoned after the crew was robbed. The EUNAVFOR operation Atalanta that monitors security in the region however is warning after two events in recent weeks that “similar organized piracy incidents might take place again in the area.”

This latest incident was reported to the authorities on February 17. It was believed that armed pirates boarded the Yemeni dhow Saytuun-2.  It was hijacked off Garmaal, on the northern coast of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region within Somalia. Atlanta classified it as an armed robbery because the vessel was staying within coastal waters.

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