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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin An incident 83.0 nm southeast of Eyl, Somalia was reported in 23 April where a cargo vessel was approached by 2 small fishing vessels with armed persons onboard According to Diaplous Group, one vessel approached within 600m, warning shots were fired, and the suspicious craft returned fire before subsequently withdrawing. The second suspicious craft also moved away and cleared the vessel. All crew were reported safe and accounted for. RelatedNews Iran expands its operational area in Hormuz UK to contribute drones, jets and warship to secure Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21370938_0_6a04e17e63068 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370938","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"86,280,27,2172","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","googl
Armed fishing vessels approach cargo vessel in Somalia
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