Pirates hijack Indian vessel off coast of Somalia

‘Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship with 11 crew members, the third such incident in less than a month.
Security officials said on Monday that the Indian commercial vessel, identified as “Al Kausar”, had come under attack off the coast of Somalia three days ago.
Maritime officials in India said the vessel, carrying items such as wheat and sugar from Dubai via Yemen to Somalia’s Bossaso port, had been hijacked “in the vicinity of Socotra (Island),” and that the pirates had made ransom demands.
“We got a call from one of the crew members today that the pirates have demanded money from the owners of the goods in the vessel,” said Adam Them, the director of the Kutch Seafarers Association from the western state of Gujarat, where the vessel originated.’
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