Las british maritime authorities They reported this Saturday that a oil has been kidnapped about 45 miles northeast of the town of Mareeyo, Somalia.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO), dependent on the British Ministry of Defense, has reported that it received a alert from the Somali military authorities.
“Unauthorized persons have taken control of the tanker and have placed heading towards Somali territorial waters”, The UKMTO has published in a statement.
On the other hand, the UKMTO reported last Thursday that it had received information from a “suspicious incident” about 83 nautical miles southeast of Eyl, also in Somalia. Then the captain of the merchant ship reported that armed individuals approached the ship in two boats.
When one of the boats approached to about 600 meters Warning shots were fired and fire was returned from there. They later walked away.
