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Mon, 03/30/2009 - 04:37
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Somali pirates kill Yemeni fisherman

MUKALLA, March 29 (Saba) - Security forces in Mukalla city of
Hadramout governorate said that a fisherman body aboard a boat
arrived on Sunday at the port of the governorate, the Security
Information Center of Interior Ministry reported Sunday.

The fisherman named Sahl Juma'an al-Sani, 45, has been killed few
days ago in the Somali territorial waters by Somali pirates were
trying to seize the boat. Al-Sani has been shot in his shoulder and
subsequently died, the fisherman's friends told the center adding
that two other fishermen were also injured.

Security authorities in Mukalla city have begun investigations to
unveil the case circumstances.

Worth to mention is that Yemeni fishing boats have been attacked 50
times last year by Somali pirates.

MD/AF

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