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Somalia: three Thai fishing vessels seized
By African Bulletin on April 22, 2010
An E.U force spokesman said that three vessels, carrying a total of 77 crew members, were hijacked. He said that the attack took place far outside the area in which the E.U force operated, about 1,200 nautical miles from the Somali coast.
The pirates were said to be taking the fishing boats back to Somalia. “It’s the furthest east that any attack and any hijacking has taken place. All the crew on board the three ships, the MV Prantalay 11, 12, and 14, are reported to be Thai.
In recent years, pirates have seized dozens of ships in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. They have recently expanded the reach of their attacks to avoid European and American patrols off the Somali coast.