ON BOARD NRP CORTE-REAL (Reuters) - Suspected Somali pirates have seized a German-owned cargo ship off the coast of Oman, the first recorded attack in its territorial waters, NATO alliance staff said on Friday.
The MV Charelle was attacked 60 nautical miles south of Sur on the Omani coast, NATO Lieutenant Commander Alexandre Fernandes said aboard NATO's Portuguese warship Corte-Real, which is on anti-piracy patrol off Somalia.
| It's been quiet for about a month or so. A hijack off the coast of Oman is new: previous hijacks had been off Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden, the southern part of the Red Sea, or near the Seychelles. Either this was a juicy opportunity or a group of pirates is looking to work an area in which NATO isn't present. |
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