Yemeni boat seized by pirates off Somalia

Sea patrol

Yemen coast guards stop a fishing boat as they patrol the Gulf of Aden to prevent piracy. Pirates have seized a Yemeni boat off the Horn of Africa.

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A Yemeni boat has been seized off the Horn of Africa, less than a month after a Chinese fishing vessel was released by Somali pirates.

A European naval operation in the Middle East, known as Eunavfor Atalanta, said the raid targeted a traditional vessel plying Middle Eastern waters off the town of Eyl in Puntland, Somalia.