More than 100 attacks have occurred in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of the lawless Horn of Africa country this year alone. -- PHOTO: AFP
NAIROBI - SOMALI pirates have released a Yemeni fishing boat they seized earlier this month in the Gulf of Aden, a Kenyan maritime official said on Saturday.
The MV Fallujah was captured on December 10 alongside another Yemeni fishing vessel MV Kana, which is still in the hands of the hijackers, said Andrew Mwangura who runs the Kenyan branch of the Seafarers Assistance Programme.
'Reports from Yemen indicate that the fishermen have already arrived in Aden,' Mwangura said, adding that 10 fishermen had been freed along with the boat.
More than 100 attacks have occurred in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of the lawless Horn of Africa country this year alone.
The pirates have been undeterred by the presence of foreign navies patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean in a bid to secure one of the world's busiest shipping routes. -- AFP
