Pirates hijack cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia’s coast, official says
Summary
Pirates hijacked a cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia’s Puntland coast and took it toward the Nugaal coast. The ship had a mixed crew and was headed to a Turkish military training center in Mogadishu. Turkish forces monitored the situation, and an airstrike later killed four men near the hijacked ship.Key Facts
- The cargo ship M/V LUTUF, flagged in Cameroon, was hijacked about 3½ miles off Eyl in Puntland, Somalia.
- The ship was carrying Turkish weapons, communications, and satellite equipment for a military training facility in Mogadishu.
- The crew included 10 people: six Indians, one Turkish, one Georgian, and two Serbian security guards.
- Eight pirates, linked to a previous hijacking in April, took control of the ship and headed toward Garmaal in Puntland.
- Two Turkish-owned vessels and Turkish helicopters and drones monitored the hijacked ship.
- On Tuesday, a small boat delivering khat approached the ship, then an airstrike followed, killing four men and wounding two others near the vessel.
- The details about who carried out the airstrike and the current status of the ship and crew are unclear.
- Turkish authorities had not commented on the incident at the time of the report.
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