| Follow up to this story from yesterday |
It has been established that the Central Park tanker, owned by Zodiac Maritime, was transporting phosphoric acid and was captured on November 26 off the coast of Yemen.
Five armed pirate militants captured the tanker, but were unable to reach the crew - the sailors took refuge in a safe room.
| Not Houthi, then? Good to know. |
A US Navy vessel arrived and pursued the attackers, firing warning shots. A US combat helicopter also joined the arrest operation.
“A Japanese destroyer assisted the aircraft carrier USS Mason in the interception. The pirates were detained and interrogated by the US military responsible for combating piracy,” the TV channel reported.
As Regnum reported , unknown persons seized the Central Park tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen. Unknown persons attacked a tanker flying the flag of Liberia and took control of the ship. Zodiac Maritime, the tanker's owner, is part of the Zodiac Group, owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer .
There were 22 crew members on board.
On November 19, Houthi rebels hijacked the Israeli cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Gulf of Aden. Then it was clarified that at the time of the capture the ship was sailing not far from the coast of the Gulf of Aden.
Before this, the Houthis announced their intention to seize any ships associated with Israel. They also called on other countries to withdraw their crews from them.
US reports missile attack on the destroyer Mason from Yemen
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] On the night of November 27, the American destroyer Mason, which responded to a distress signal sent by the tanker Central Park in the Gulf of Aden, came under a missile attack in the Arabian Sea. This was reported by the US Central Command.
Representatives of the US Army clarified that the incident occurred after the arrest of five militants who seized the tanker. According to the US military, two ballistic missiles were fired towards the ship. They flew in from areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis.
“The missiles fell in the Gulf of Aden about ten nautical miles from the ships. There was no damage or reports of injuries on any of the vessels during this incident,” the department said in a statement on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
As Regnum reported , on November 26, in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen, pirates attacked the Liberian-flagged tanker Central Park, associated with Israel, and took control of the ship. There were 22 crew members on board - citizens of Turkey, Russia, Vietnam, Bulgaria, India, Georgia and the Philippines. The ship was carrying phosphoric acid.
Zodiac Maritime, the tanker's owner, is part of the Zodiac Group, owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer.
As Fox News later reported, five armed pirate militants captured the tanker, but were unable to reach the crew - the sailors took refuge in a safe room. The pirates wanted to break down the doors, but were unable to, so they tried to return to the shores of Yemen on their boat.
A US Navy vessel arrived and pursued the attackers, firing warning shots. A US combat helicopter also joined the arrest operation. The aircraft carrier USS Mason was assisted in the interception by a Japanese destroyer. As a result, the pirates were detained and interrogated by the US military. The crew and cargo on the ship were not damaged.
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