Indian Navy said on Tuesday it had freed a vessel, carrying at least 19 Pakistanis, that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in the latest attack against ships in the Indian Ocean.
It was the second operation from the Indian navy as they had freed an Iranian fishing vessel on Monday from the same waters.
A spokesperson of the Indian Navy posted on X that the warship INS Sumitra successfully concluded another anti-piracy operation and rescued a vessel with 19 Pakistani national crew members from 11 Somali pirates.
#INSSumitra Carries out 2nd Successful #AntiPiracy Ops – Rescuing 19 Crew members & Vessel from Somali Pirates.
Having thwarted the Piracy attempt on FV Iman, the warship has carried out another successful anti-piracy ops off the East Coast of Somalia, rescuing Fishing Vessel Al… https://t.co/QZz9bCihaU pic.twitter.com/6AonHw51KX— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 30, 2024
The vessel was hijacked by armed Somali pirates off the east coast.
“This rescue of hijacked vessels, through swift, persistent and relentless efforts by Mission deployed Indian navy warship in the Southern Arabian Sea approx 850 nm West of Kochi, also prevents misuse of Fishing Vessels as Mother Ships for further acts of Piracy on Merchant Vessels,” said a spokesperson.
