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2024-03-18 Africa Horn
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Indian Navy seizes Bulgarian ship from Somali pirates and rescues the crew
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[ShabelleMedia] Indian naval forces including special commandos seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by  Somali pirates, rescuing 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said on Saturday (16 March).
The navy said in a post on social media platform X that all 35 pirates aboard the ship, the Maltese-flagged bulk cargo vessel Ruen, had surrendered, and the ship had been checked for the presence of illegal arms, ammunition and contraband.
Although flying a Maltese flag, Ruen is Bulgarian property and eight of its eighteen crew members at the time when it was hijacked last year are Bulgarian. The deputy captain was released for medical reasons and has returned to Bulgaria.
The news was confirmed by Bulgarian foreign minister Mariya Gabriel late on Saturday, who said her compatriots were now aboard the Indian military vessel.
The Ruen ship may have been used as the base for the takeover of a Bangladesh-flagged fat merchantman off the coast of Somalia earlier this week, the European Union
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naval force said.
The hijacking of the Ruen was the first successful takeover of a vessel involving Somali pirates since 2017 when a crackdown by international navies stopped a rash of seizures in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Somali pirates had caused chaos in important global waterways for a decade but had been dormant until a resurgence of attacks starting late last year.
India deploys at least a dozen warships east of the Red Sea to provide security against pirates as Western powers focus on attacks by Yemen
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’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
 ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth . Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s.
At least 17 incidents of hijacking, attempted hijacking and suspicious approaches had been recorded by the Indian Navy since 1 December, Indian officials previously said. 
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