Pirates hijack oil tanker Honour 25 with 17 crew off Somali coast

12 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Apr 24

Six gunmen seized the tanker carrying 18,500 barrels of oil near Xaafun and Bander Beyla, and five more armed men later boarded.
The Honour 25, with crew from Pakistan, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, was en route to Mogadishu when hijacked, raising concerns as petrol prices in the city have already tripled.
Piracy in the region had nearly vanished until a recent resurgence, with Somali and European authorities yet to comment on the incident or announce any response.

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