The European Union's counter piracy force has deployed a warship to the coast off Somalia after a suspected pirate group tried to target ships in the area, maritime sources said on Wednesday.Armed assailants attacked
The European Union's counter piracy force has deployed a warship to the coast off Somalia after a suspected pirate group tried to target ships in the area, maritime sources said on Wednesday.
Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind since 2024, maritime sources said.
The attack and other incidents have raised concerns for the shipping lane through which critical energy and goods are transported to global markets.
A Seychelles-flagged fishing vessel was also approached this week by a speedboat, while maritime security sources said a separate Iranian fishing boat had been seized by unknown assailants.
British maritime risk management group Vanguard said it was highly likely that the fishing vessel had been taken over as a mothership for launching attacks.
The EU's naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, said it was "aware of the situation and is deploying a naval asset to the area", declining further comment citing security issues.
"It is highly likely that a Somali Pirate Action Group is at sea, and has been operating more than 300 nautical miles offshore Somalia," British maritime
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