08.01.2013:
0750 UTC: Posn: 12:40.2N – 043:16.1E, Bab El Mandeb TSS, Red Sea.
08.01.2013:
0750 UTC: Posn: 12:40.2N – 043:16.1E, Bab El Mandeb TSS, Red Sea.
About 5-6 persons each in two skiffs doing 14 knots approached a gas carrier ship underway. Alarm raised, anti-piracy measures initiated, distress message was transmitted and the armed security team on board fired a warning flare and showed their weapons. One skiff slowed down but the other skiff continued its approach and closed to 200 meters from the tanker. The armed team fired two more warning shots but the skiffs ignored the warning shots and continue to approach the tanker. Further shots were fired across the lead skiff's bow resulting in the skiffs aborting and moving away.
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