According to several Somali security officials who talked with the BBC, Somali pirates have taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen. Earlier, the Yemeni coast guard reported that the stolen tanker, MT Eureka, was en route to Somalia. It was overrun by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, close to the port of Qana, according to sources.
Three different security officials from the semi-autonomous Puntland province told the BBC that the pirates left a remote coastal area close to the beach town of Qandala, which is situated on the Gulf of Aden. After Somali pirates took control of Honor 25 on April 22, this is the second oil tanker hijacking in the region in ten days. 18,500 barrels of oil were being transported by Honor 25 to Mogadishu.
The security officer continued to tell the BBC that the gunmen overran MT Eureka around 5:00 AM local time (03:00 BST) this morning when it was sailing under the flag of Togo, a country in west Africa. It is currently traveling between Yemen and Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, and in the next several hours, it is anticipated to anchor in Somali waters.
In a different incident, “armed persons” on a “skiff” approached a bulk carrier close to Al-Mukala, Yemen, according to a report released on Friday by the United Kingdom Maritime Transportation Operation (UKMTO).
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