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Bulgarian vessel Ruen arrives at Varna port after being hijacked with 17 crew members taken hostage, May 10, 2024. [AFP]
Two weeks ago, I wrote about fresh concerns over the resurgence of Somali pirates targeting transiting ships in the Gulf of Aden after the outbreak of the war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
Wednesday this week, guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata foiled a suspected piracy attempt on merchant vessel MV Mashallah 1 near the Gulf of Aden.
The destroyer was acting on intelligence inputs of pirate activity in the vicinity, launching its onboard helicopter for aerial surveillance while boarding teams were dispatched to sanitise the area and assess the threat.
