The European Union has deployed a warship to the Somali coast after a group of armed pirates tried to attack a commercial tanker near Mogadishu.
Maritime sources said the attack happened on Monday when armed men in a small boat fired at the tanker and tried to board it. The ship managed to escape without any casualties. It was the first suspected Somali piracy incident of this kind since 2024.
The incident has raised serious concerns about the safety of ships passing through one of the world’s busiest maritime routes.
The same week, a Seychelles-flagged fishing vessel was approached by a speedboat, while another Iranian fishing boat was allegedly seized by unidentified assailants.
British maritime risk management firm Vanguard said it was highly likely the captured vessel was being used as a mothership to support further attacks.
In response, the EU’s naval mission Operation Atalanta said it was aware of the situation and had deployed a
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