Thursday, May 29, 2008
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Kenyan maritime official says Somali pirates have hijacked two more boats in the Gulf of Aden.
Andrew Mwangura of the East Africa Seafarers Assistance Program says the two ships were taken on Wednesday, near where a Dutch ship was seized on Monday. He says he has no information about the owners or the nationalities of the crew onboard the MV Lehmann Timber or the MV Arena, or any information on the pirates' demands.
The attacks bring the total number of ships hijacked in the area this year to 26.
Source: AP, May 29, 2008