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Pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship that was travelling from the United Arab Emirates to Mogadishu port.
Piracy off the coast of Somalia had reduced significantly in recent years, in part because of extensive international military patrols.
This is the first attack for several years.
The ship was attacked at night when the crew was sleeping, Anadolu news agency quotes a security official in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region as saying.
Six pirates were involved in the attack, according to the governor of Gardafu region in Puntland Musse Salah, who is quoted by Reuters news agency.
The authorities of the Bari region where the incident happened say the ship had developed mechanical problems.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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