British safety agency Ambrey stated on Sunday that it had acquired a report {that a} Yemeni fishing vessel had been hijacked within the Gulf of Aden.
“Crew on board the fishing vessel were off-boarded in Bosaso, Somalia. One crew member was shot,” Ambrey stated in an advisory be aware.
Ambrey doesn’t assess a heightened risk posed by this vessel, as it’s believed the incident was associated to a row between two events.
“Ambrey understands that the incident was not Somali piracy-related, but related to a dispute between Yemeni fishermen and a local armed group operating west of Bosaso,” it up to date later.
“The Yemeni crew member shot during the incident has since died in Bosaso,” it stated, including that the vessel, which has 21 Yemenis aboard, is predicted to return to Yemen on March 18.
(Reuters – Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Alexander Smith, Editing by Franklin Paul)
