ERITREAN PIRATES RELEASE 12 YEMENI FISHERMEN

HODIEDAH, Oct. 03 (Saba) - Eritrean pirates have released twelve Yemeni fishermen after being captured for two days.

The fishermen have arrived in Al-Estyad port in Hodeidah governorate ,the media center of Interior ministry has reported .

The fishermen said they were intercepted by an Armed Eritrean boat while fishing in international waters in the Red Sea and taken by force to Eritrea.

We stayed there for two days and were deported empty-handed on a Yemeni fishing boat, they told the police.

An investigation into the attack which came within a series of harassing attacks by the Eritrean against the Yemeni fishing boats was launched.

Many Yemeni fishermen were seized by the Eritrean pirates in recent months and deported after their boats and other properties were confiscated.

MD/FR