Somali pirates seize UAE weapons ship

MOGADISHU: Somali pirates seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the Horn of Africa, in breach of a UN arms embargo, maritime experts said on Monday.

Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme told Reuters that the ship, called Al-Mizan, had been hijacked on Sunday and was being held near the northern Somali town of Garacad. It added that in a separate incident, gunmen from Somalia opened fire on an unidentified merchant vessel far out in the Indian Ocean, northeast of the Seychelles. The merchant vessel caught fire after being hit by bullets and a rocket-propelled grenade. There were no casualties and the captain remained in control, Mwangura said. reuters
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