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Tue, 04/07/2009 - 10:28
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Somali pirates hijack Yemeni fishing boat

SANA'A, April 6 (Saba) - Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat on board seven sailors to an unknown area while it was cruising the Indian Ocean.

Citing security sources, the state-run 26dsep.net reported on Monday Yemeni
Coastguards Forces have received a notice regarding this hijacking.

The number of attacks off Somalia has shot up this year, with pirates staging
increasingly bolder attacks on ever-bigger targets.

The Somali pirates attacked and seized more than 25 Yemeni fishing boats at the Gulf
of Aden and used them in their criminal activities.

MD/YA

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